Definition of Legme
Leg"ume (l&ebreve;g"&usl;m or l&esl;*gūm"),
n. [F. légume, L. legumen, fr.
legere to gather. So called because they may be gathered
without cutting. See Legend.] 1. (Bot.)
A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed
attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
&fist; In the latter circumstance, it differs from a
siliqua, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In
popular use, a legume is called a pod, or cod;
as, pea pod, or peas cod.
2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants,
as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food; a vegetable used for food
- any of a large family (Leguminosae syn. Fabaceae) 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)
- pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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