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legume |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Legume \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: legume n 1: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae [syn: {leguminous plant}] 2: 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 3: the fruit or seed of a leguminous plant such as peas or beans or lentils
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