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Webster 1913 Edition
Leguminous
Le-gu′mi-nous
(-mĭ-nŭs)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
légumineux
.] 1.
Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.
2.
(Bot.)
Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (
Leguminosæ
), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas. Webster 1828 Edition
Leguminous
LEGU'MINOUS
,Adj.