legume 音标拼音: [l'ɛgj
, um]
n . 豆类,豆荚
豆类,豆荚
legume n 1 :
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae [
synonym : {
legume }, {
leguminous plant }]
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 3 :
the seedpod of a leguminous plant (
such as peas or beans or lentils )
Legume \
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gume ,
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legumen ,
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legere to gather .
So called because they may be gathered without cutting .
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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 ]
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
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