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Legume

Legume Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Legume? [n] the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) [n] an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae [n] the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a two-valved case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attached to one edge of the valves Synonyms \| Synonyms for Legume: leguminous plant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Legume: algae \| autophyte \| bean \| boll \| bracken \| brown algae \| burr \| capsule \| climber \| cod \| conferva \| confervoid \| creeper \| diatom \| fern \| follicle \| fruits and vegetables \| fucus \| fungus \| grapevine \| green algae \| gulfweed \| herb \| heterophyte \| hull \| husk \| ivy \| kelp \| legumen \| lentil \| liana \| lichen \| liverwort \| mold \| moss \| mushroom \| parasite \| parasitic plant \| pea \| pease cod \| pericarp \| perthophyte \| phytoplankton \| planktonic algae \| plant families \| pod \| puffball \| pulse \| red algae \| rockweed \| rust \| saprophyte \| sargasso \| sargassum \| sea lentil \| sea moss \| sea wrack \| seaweed \| seed pod \| seed vessel \| seedbox \| seedcase \| silique \| smut \| succulent \| toadstool \| vetch \| vine \| wort \| wrack See Also \| adsuki bean \| adzuki bean \| Arachis hypogaea \| asparagus bean \| bean \| bean \| bean plant \| black-eyed pea \| black-eyed pea \| chickpea \| chickpea \| chickpea plant \| Cicer arietinum \| cluster bean \| corkscrew flower \| cowpea \| cowpea \| cowpea plant \| crazy weed \| crazyweed \| Cyamopsis psoraloides \| Cyamopsis tetragonolobus \| Dolichos biflorus \| edible bean \| Egyptian pea \| Fabaceae \| family Fabaceae \| family Leguminosae \| field pea \| garbanzo \| garbanzo \| Glycine max \| golden gram \| green gram \| guar \| herb \| herbaceous plant \| horse grain \| horse gram \| legume \| legume family \| Leguminosae \| Lens culinaris \| lentil \| lentil \| lentil plant \| locoweed \| Macrotyloma uniflorum \| moth bean \| mung \| mung bean \| pea \| pea \| pea family \| pea plant \| peanut \| peanut vine \| Phaseolus aconitifolius \| Phaseolus angularis \| Phaseolus aureus \| Phaseolus caracalla \| pod \| poor man's pulse \| protein \| pulse \| seedpod \| sesbania \| snail bean \| snail flower \| snailflower \| soja \| soja bean \| soy \| soya \| soya bean \| soybean \| soybean plant \| vegetable \| veggie \| vetch \| Vigna aconitifolia \| Vigna angularis \| Vigna caracalla \| Vigna radiata \| Vigna sesquipedalis \| Vigna sinensis \| Vigna unguiculata \| Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis \| wild pea \| yard-long bean Legume In Webster's Dictionary \Leg"ume\ (l[e^]g"[-u]m or l[-e]*g[=u]m"), n. [F. l['e]gume, L. legumen, fr. legere to gather. So called because they may be gathered without cutting. See {Legend}.] 1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. Note: In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a legume is called a pod, or cod; as, pea pod, or peas cod. 2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.

Legume Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Legume?

[n] the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
[n] an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
[n] the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a two-valved case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attached to one edge of the valves

Synonyms | Synonyms for Legume: leguminous plant

Legume In Webster's Dictionary

\Leg"ume\ (l[e^]g"[-u]m or l[-e]*g[=u]m"), n. [F.
l['e]gume, L. legumen, fr. legere to gather. So called
because they may be gathered without cutting. See {Legend}.]
1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and
   having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the
   pea.

Note: In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua,
      in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In
      popular use, a legume is called a pod, or cod; as, pea
      pod, or peas cod.

2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans,
   lupines; pulse.

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