legume
IPA: ɫˈɛgjum
noun
- (botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
- (botany) 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).
- (botany) 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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Examples of "legume" in Sentences
- It belongs to the legume family.
- The larvae feed on legume species.
- He is the most cultivated legume in the world.
- Most members of the genus specialize on legumes.
- The plant produces legume pods containing the seeds.
- The fruit is a legume pod variable in size and shape.
- Research shows legume trees can fertilize by themselves.
- Intercropping with legumes improves the quality of fodder.
- However, the species is a legume and is unrelated to the plum.
- Legume sanctions and the evolution of symbiotic cooperation by rhizobia.
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