legume

The definition of a legume is a pod or pea plant, or the seed of such a plant.

(noun)

An example of a legume is a bean.

See legume in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of an order (Fabales) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees, including the peas, beans, mimosas, and the Kentucky coffee tree, with usually compound leaves, flowers having a single carpel, and fruit that is a dry pod splitting along two sutures: many legumes are nitrogen-fixing and often are used as green manure and for forage
the pod or seed of some members of this order, used for food

Origin: Fr légume < L legumen, lit., anything that can be gathered < legere, to gather: see logic

See legume in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A pod, such as that of a pea or bean, that splits into two valves with the seeds attached to one edge of the valves.
b. Such a pod or seed used as food.
A plant of the pea family.

Origin:

Origin: French légume

Origin: , from Latin legūmen, bean

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