legume

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noun

1. an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
leguminous plant
• Derivationally related forms:
leguminous
• Hypernyms:
herb, herbaceous plant, climber
• Hyponyms:
peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea, chickpea, chickpea plant,
Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum, guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides,
soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja,
soja bean, Glycine max, wild pea, lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris,
horse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus, locoweed,
crazyweed, crazy weed, bean, bean plant, pea, pea plant,
sesbania, vetch, moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia, Phaseolus aconitifolius, adzuki bean,
adsuki bean, Vigna angularis, Phaseolus angularis, snailflower, snail-flower, snail flower,
snail bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla, mung, mung bean,
green gram, golden gram, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus, cowpea, cowpea plant,
cowpea plant, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis, asparagus bean, yard-long bean,
Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, Vigna sesquipedalis
• Member Holonyms:
Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family
2. the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
• Hypernyms:
pod, seedpod
• Hyponyms:
chickpea, garbanzo, lentil, pea, field pea,
cowpea, black-eyed pea
• Part Holonyms:
leguminous plant
3. the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
• Hypernyms:
vegetable, veggie, veg
• Hyponyms:
pulse, bean, edible bean, lentil, pea,
chickpea, garbanzo, black-eyed pea, cowpea
• Substance Meronyms:
protein