legume
Meaning of legume
noun
- The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
- 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).
- A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
Information about legume
- It is a name.
- The plural form of legume is: legumes.
- Languages in which legume is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of legume
legume
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- legume is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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