'Legume' definitions:
Definition of 'legume'
(from WordNet)
noun
An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae [syn: legume, leguminous plant]
noun
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
noun
The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
Definition of 'Legume'
From: GCIDE
- Legume \Leg"ume\ (l[e^]g"[-u]m or l[-e]*g[=u]m"), n. [F. l['e]gume, L. legumen, fr. legere to gather. So called because they may be gathered without cutting. See Legend.]
- 1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a legume is called a pod, or cod; as, pea pod, or peas cod. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'legume'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- algae,
- autophyte,
- bean,
- boll,
- bracken,
- brown algae,
- burr,
- capsule,
- climber,
- cod,
- conferva,
- confervoid,
- creeper,
- diatom,
- fern,
- follicle,
- fruits and vegetables,
- fucus,
- fungus,
- grapevine,
- green algae,
- gulfweed,
- herb,
- heterophyte,
- hull,
- husk,
- ivy,
- kelp,
- legumen,
- lentil,
- liana,
- lichen,
- liverwort,
- mold,
- moss,
- mushroom,
- parasite,
- parasitic plant,
- pea,
- pease cod,
- pericarp,
- perthophyte,
- phytoplankton,
- planktonic algae,
- plant families,
- pod,
- puffball,
- pulse,
- red algae,
- rockweed,
- rust,
- saprophyte,
- sargasso,
- sargassum,
- sea lentil,
- sea moss,
- sea wrack,
- seaweed,
- seed pod,
- seed vessel,
- seedbox,
- seedcase,
- silique,
- smut,
- succulent,
- toadstool,
- vetch,
- vine,
- wort,
- wrack