legume — meaning in English

English meaning

• legume noun The seed or pod of a pea, bean or similar plant, eaten as food.
• vegetable noun A plant, or part of a plant, grown to be eaten — such as the leaves, roots, or stems — that isn't classified as a fruit, grain, herb, or spice.

Senses

legume is used for these senses in English:

• legume (botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
• vegetable A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.
• vegetable The edible part of such a plant.

legume — full definition

1. noun The seed or pod of a pea, bean or similar plant, eaten as food.
2. noun A large plant family that includes peas, beans and clovers, whose roots host bacteria that add nitrogen to the soil.
3. noun A dry fruit that splits open along two sides, with its seeds fixed along one edge, as in a pea pod.

vegetable — full definition

1. noun A plant, or part of a plant, grown to be eaten — such as the leaves, roots, or stems — that isn't classified as a fruit, grain, herb, or spice.
2. adj Relating to plants or to vegetables specifically.

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