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Legume

//ˈlɛɡ.juːm// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
  2. 2
    the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).
  4. 4
    an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae wordnet
  5. 5
    A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
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  1. 6
    the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French légume, from Latin legūmen (“bean”). Doublet of legumen.

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