the long dry dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants; a pod any table vegetable of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae), esp beans or peas any leguminous plant
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
leg•ume /ˈlɛgyum, lɪˈgyum/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Plant Biologya plant, esp. one used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop; it is part of a family that includes peas, beans, alfalfa, clover, peanuts, and acacia.
- Plant Biologythe pod, bean, or seed of such a plant.
leg•ume
(leg′yo̅o̅m, li gyo̅o̅m′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany plant of the legume family, esp. those used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop.
- Plant Biologythe pod or seed vessel of such a plant.
- Plant Biologyany table vegetable of the legume family.
- Latin legūmen pulse, a leguminous plant, derivative of legere to gather
- French légume vegetable
- 1670–80
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'legume' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alyce clover
- Barbados pride
- Brazilian rosewood
- Calabar bean
- Chinese wisteria
- Florida velvet bean
- agba
- albizzia
- alfalfa
- ambatch
- angelique
- anil
- asparagus bean
- bastard indigo
- beach pea
- bean
- bird's-foot trefoil
- black acacia
- black locust
- blue false indigo
- blue melilot
- bonduc
- broom
- bush clover
- carob
- cassia
- catclaw
- chaparral pea
- chickpea
- clover
- cocobolo
- copaiba
- coral tree
- cover crop
- cow vetch
- cowage
- crimson clover
- crown vetch
- cube
- deerweed
- derris
- divi-divi
- fabaceous
- false indigo
- feijoada
- fenugreek
- genista
- goat's-rue
- golden shower
- leguminous