Legume

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Legume \Leg"ume\ (l[e^]g"[-u]m or l[-e]*g[=u]m"), n. [F.
     l['e]gume, L. legumen, fr. legere to gather. So called
     because they may be gathered without cutting. See {Legend}.]
     1. (Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and
        having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the
        pea.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua,
           in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In
           popular use, a legume is called a pod, or cod; as, pea
           pod, or peas cod.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans,
        lupines; pulse.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  legume
       n 1: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family
            Leguminosae [syn: {leguminous plant}]
       2: the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants
          consisting of a two-valved case that splits along both
          sides when ripe and having the seeds attached to one edge
          of the valves
       3: the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or
          lentils)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "legume":
     algae, autophyte, bean, boll, bracken, brown algae, burr, capsule,
     climber, cod, conferva, confervoid, creeper, diatom, fern,
     follicle, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine,
     green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, hull, husk, ivy, kelp,
     legumen, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom,
     parasite, parasitic plant, pea, pease cod, pericarp, perthophyte,
     phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, pod, puffball,
     pulse, red algae, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum,
     sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, seed pod, seed vessel,
     seedbox, seedcase, silique, smut, succulent, toadstool, vetch,
     vine, wort, wrack