LEGUME
Definition:
- [noun] an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Synonyms: leguminous plant
- [noun] the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a two-valved case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attached to one edge of the valves
- [noun] the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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Related Words:
- peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea
- chickpea, chickpea plant, Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum
- guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides
- soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine max
- wild pea
- lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris
- horse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus
- locoweed, crazyweed, crazy weed
- bean, bean plant
- pea, pea plant
- sesbania
- vetch
- moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia, Phaseolus aconitifolius
- adzuki bean, adsuki bean, Vigna angularis, Phaseolus angularis
- snailflower, snail-flower, snail flower, snail bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla
- mung, mung bean, green gram, golden gram, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus
- cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis
- asparagus bean, yard-long bean, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, Vigna sesquipedalis
- chickpea, garbanzo
- lentil
- pea
- field pea
- cowpea, black-eyed pea
- pulse
- bean, edible bean
- lentil
- pea
- chickpea, garbanzo
- black-eyed pea, cowpea
