legume
['legju:m]
n. 豆, 豆荚

[医] 豆, [豆]荚



legume
[ noun ]

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

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2. 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

<noun.plant>

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

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Legume \Leg"ume\ (l[e^]g"[-u]m or l[-e]*g[=u]m"), n. [F.
l['e]gume, 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.

Note: 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.