legume in English
- legume⇄expr. legumes, vegetables, especially those of the pea family, used for food.
Ex. The dry edible fruit and other species of food, which we call by the general name of legumes (Benjamin Jowett). - legume⇄legume, noun.
1. a plant which bears pods containing a number of seeds. Beans and peas are legumes; they belong to the pea family. Many legumes can absorb nitrogen from the air and convert it into nitrates by means of bacteria present in nodules on