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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.
Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse. Leguminous plants are such as have a legume for a pericarp, as peas and beans.

Definition 2024


leguminous

leguminous

English

Adjective

leguminous (comparative more leguminous, superlative most leguminous)

  1. of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc
  2. resembling a legume

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