What does leguminous mean?

Definitions for leguminous
lɪˈgyu mə nəslegu·mi·nous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. leguminousadjective

    relating to or consisting of legumes

Wiktionary

  1. leguminousadjective

    of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc

  2. leguminousadjective

    resembling a legume

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Leguminousadjective

    Belonging to pulse; consisting of pulse.

    Etymology: legumineux, French; from legumen.

    The properest food of the vegetable kingdom is taken from the farinaceous seeds: as oats, barley, and wheat; or of some of the siliquose or leguminous; as, peas or beans. Arbuthnot.

Wikipedia

  1. leguminous

    A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Well-known legumes include beans, soybeans, chickpeas, peanuts, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, tamarind, alfalfa, and clover. Legumes produce a botanically unique type of fruit – a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides. Legumes are notable in that most of them have symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in structures called root nodules. For that reason, they play a key role in crop rotation.

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  1. leguminous

    Leguminous refers to plants or trees that belong to the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae). A key characteristic of leguminous plants is that they have pods which split open naturally along a seam on both sides, containing seeds inside. They are known for their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, which improves soil fertility. Examples of leguminous plants include peas, beans, lentils, soybeans, and peanuts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Leguminousadjective

    pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse

  2. Leguminousadjective

    belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. lgumineux.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of leguminous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of leguminous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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