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legume

 
Noun legume has 3 senses
  1. legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
    --1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
    --1 is a member of
     Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family
    --1 has parts: legume
    --1 has particulars:
     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
  2. legume - 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
    --2 is a kind of
    pod, seedpod
    --2 is a part of legume, leguminous plant
    --2 has particulars:
     chickpea, garbanzo; lentil; pea; field pea; cowpea, black-eyed pea
  3. legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
    --3 is a kind of
    vegetable, veggie
    --3 has substance: protein
    --3 has particulars:
     pulse; bean, edible bean; lentil; pea; chickpea, garbanzo; black-eyed pea, cowpea
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