LEGUME
\lˈɛɡjuːm], \lˈɛɡjuːm], \l_ˈɛ_ɡ_j_uː_m]\
Definitions of LEGUME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
By Princeton University
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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
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the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.
By Oddity Software
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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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The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.
By Noah Webster.
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The large family of plants characterized by pods. Some are edible and some cause LATHYRISM; or FAVISM; and other forms of poisoning. Other species yield useful materials like gums from ACACIA and various lectins like PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ from PHASEOLUS. Many of them harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their roots.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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