legume : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: legume	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for legume
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
legume n an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae Synonym(s): legume, leguminous plant 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 the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legume \Leg"ume\ (l[ecr]g"[usl]m [or] l[esl]g[umac]m"), n. [F. l[82]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. 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. 2. pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.