Leguminous definition

lə-gyo͝omə-nəs
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of plants in the pea family, which includes peas, beans, clover, and alfalfa.
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Resembling a legume.
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Of, having the nature of, or bearing a legume or legumes.
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Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
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Resembling a legume.
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Of the order of plants bearing legumes.
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Origin of leguminous

  • From Middle English and from French légumineux both from Latin legūminōsus from legūmen legūmin- bean

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Leguminous Sentence Examples

  • It seems obvious that the lighter and poorer soils would benefit more than the heavier or richer soils by the extended growth of leguminous crops.

  • Leguminous crops take some of the nitrogen which they require from the air, but most plants obtain it from the nitrates present in the soil.

  • The nodules on the roots of leguminous plants are induced by the presence of a minute organism now known to do no injury to the plant.

  • It is, in fact, fully established that these leguminous crops acquire a considerable amount of nitrogen by the fixation of the free nitrogen of the atmosphere under the influence of the symbiotic growth of their root-nodule-microbes and the higher plant.

  • Plants of the gramineous, the leguminous and of other families were operated upon.

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