legume

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
  2. 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).
  3. A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

词形变化

legumes plural

词汇关系

近义词
legumen legume
上位词
vegetable
下位词
alfalfa clover chickpea pea bean lentil lupin mesquite carob peanut
衍生词
legumelin legumey legumin legumine nonlegume
相关词
legumen leguminoid leguminose leguminous

词源

Borrowed from French légume, from Latin legūmen (“bean”). Doublet of legumen.
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