leguminosa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- legume noun The seed or pod of a pea, bean or similar plant, eaten as food.
Senses
leguminosa is used for these senses in English:
- legume (botany) 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).
legume — full definition
- noun The seed or pod of a pea, bean or similar plant, eaten as food.
- noun A large plant family that includes peas, beans and clovers, whose roots host bacteria that add nitrogen to the soil.
- noun A dry fruit that splits open along two sides, with its seeds fixed along one edge, as in a pea pod.
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