Legume Common

Legume has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

legume leguminous plant

the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case

legume

the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)

legume

The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.

See Also

leguminous pulse tonka bean african rosewood jequirity pantothenic acid snap bean winged bean

Related Terms

leguminous pulse tonka bean african rosewood jequirity pantothenic acid snap bean winged bean algarovilla gallito snake bean loment guar bean papilionoid soybean protein pea biochanin tick trefoil

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

herb climber pod vegetable

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

peanut chickpea guar soy wild pea lentil horse gram locoweed bean pea sesbania vetch moth bean adzuki bean snailflower mung cowpea asparagus bean field pea pulse black-eyed pea

Rhyming Words

ume yume cume dume fume hume kume jaume neume blume flume brume glume spume plume heaume bitume effume assume insume

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