legume

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɪˈɡjuːm/, /ˈlɛɡjuːm/

Noun

legume (plural legumes)

1. The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
2. 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).
3. A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

Translations

• French: légume, légumineuse, gousse
• German: Hülsenfrucht
• Portuguese: legume
• Russian: бобо́вый
• Spanish: legumbre

Translations

• German: Leguminose, Hülsenfrüchtler
• Portuguese: leguminosa

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