gousse — meaning in English

English meaning

• clove noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
• legume noun The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
• pod noun A seed case of a plant, especially a legume, that splits open when ripe.

Senses

gousse is used for these senses in English:

• clove (horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
• legume (botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
• pod (botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

clove — full definition

1. noun A strong, aromatic spice made from the dried flower bud of the clove tree.
2. noun One of the small individual segments that make up a bulb, such as garlic.

legume — full definition

1. noun The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
2. noun Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).
3. noun A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

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