English > legume: 3 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae. |
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| Synonym | leguminous plant |
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| Member of | Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family | A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods |
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| Parts | legume | The fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case |
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| Narrower | adzuki bean, adsuki bean, Vigna angularis, Phaseolus angularis | bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds |
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| asparagus bean, yard-long bean, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, Vigna sesquipedalis | South American bean having very long succulent pods |
| bean, bean plant | Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods |
| chickpea, chickpea plant, Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum | Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds |
| cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis | sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure |
| guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides | drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material |
| horse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus | Twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder |
| lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris | Widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder |
| locoweed, crazyweed, crazy weed | Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock |
| moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia, Phaseolus aconitifolius | East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods |
| mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus | Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions / regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds |
| pea, pea plant | A leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds |
| peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea | Widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions |
| sesbania | Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers |
| snailflower, snail-flower, snail flower, snail bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla | perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell |
| soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine max | Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers |
| vetch | Any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers |
| wild pea | Any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines |
| Broader | climber | A vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants |
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| herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | legumbre, leguminosa, planta leguminosa |
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| Catalan | planta lleguminosa |
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| Adjectives | leguminous | relating to or consisting of legumes |
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