About The Word Legume
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Legume Definition And Meaning |
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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.
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