Leguminoid

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or resembling legumes.

    "The fertile leaves branch above their insertion; the one branch is quite similar to a sterile leaf, the other bears a leguminoid fructification (Fig. 125 f) which contains several sori enclosed by indusia."

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"The fertile leaves branch above their insertion; the one branch is quite similar to a sterile leaf, the other bears a leguminoid fructification (Fig. 125 f) which contains several sori enclosed by indusia."

Etymology

From Latin legūmen + -oid.

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