Legume Definition

lĕgyo͝om, lə-gyo͝om
legumes
noun
legumes
A plant of the pea family.
American Heritage
Any of an order (Fabales) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees, including the peas, beans, mimosas, and the Kentucky coffee tree, with usually compound leaves, flowers having a single carpel, and fruit that is a dry pod splitting along two sutures: many legumes are nitrogen-fixing and often are used as green manure and for forage.
Webster's New World
A pod of such a plant, which splits into two valves with the seeds attached to one edge of the valves.
American Heritage
The pod or seed of some members of this order, used for food.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Legume

Noun

Singular:
legume
Plural:
legumes

Origin of Legume

  • From French légume, from Latin legÅ«men (“bean").

    From Wiktionary

  • French légume from Latin legūmen bean

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Legume Sentence Examples

  • Most plants from the legume family have the ability to "fix" nitrogen, making them perfect choices for companion planting.

  • Probably the first cultivated legume, sometimes linked with wheat and barley, which may have been domesticated at around the same time.

  • However, peas, like any other legume, contain substances that are not desirable for an infant formula.

  • White clover has been an important constituent of fodder since the 17th century and is the most important pasture legume in Britain.

  • The soil inoculant is the bacteria that legume roots incorporate to make their own nitrogen.

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Words Starting With

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EMEUME

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