Meaning Of The Word Legume

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What's The Definition Of Legume?

legume
countable noun: People sometimes use legumes to refer to peas, beans, and other related vegetables.

legume in American English
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:
noun: any plant of the legume family, esp. those used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop

legume in British English
noun: the long dry dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants; a pod

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