legume

1. The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
2. Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) 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).
3. A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛɡ.juːm/

Etymology

Borrowed from French légume, from Latin legūmen (“bean”). Doublet of legumen.

Synonyms

pod

pea

bean

leguminous plant

replum

bean family

pulse

key

🔑

peanut

peas

husk

beans

🫘

seedpod

podded plant

samara

hull

groundnut

key fruit

nut

Translations

legume

légume

legumbre

strąk

peulvrucht

legume

όσπριο

legumen

όσπρια

Hülsenfrucht

roślina strączkowa

χορταρικά

llegum

Hülsenfrüchtler

leguminose