legume

1. (noun) the fruit or seed of a leguminous plant such as peas or beans or lentils
Related Words: bean, black-eyed pea, chickpea, cowpea, edible bean, garbanzo, lentil, pea, pulse, vegetable, veggie

2. (noun) an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Synonyms: leguminous plant
Related Words: Arachis hypogaea, Cicer arietinum, Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Dolichos biflorus, Egyptian pea, Glycine max, Lens culinaris, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Phaseolus aconitifolius, Phaseolus angularis, Phaseolus aureus, Phaseolus caracalla, Vigna aconitifolia, Vigna angularis, Vigna caracalla, Vigna radiata, Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, adsuki bean, adzuki bean, asparagus bean, bean, bean plant, black-eyed pea, chickpea, chickpea plant, cluster bean, corkscrew flower, cowpea, cowpea plant, crazy weed, crazyweed, golden gram, green gram, guar, herb, herbaceous plant, horse grain, horse gram, lentil, lentil plant, locoweed, moth bean, mung, mung bean, pea, pea plant, peanut, peanut vine, poor man's pulse, sesbania, snail bean, snail flower, snailflower, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant, vetch, wild pea, yard-long bean

3. (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
Related Words: black-eyed pea, chickpea, cowpea, field pea, garbanzo, lentil, pea, pod, seedpod



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