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(-mĭ-nŭs)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

légumineux

Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.

(Bot.)

Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (

Leguminosæ

), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.

Adj.

Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse. Leguminous plants are such as have a legume for a pericarp, as peas and beans.

leguminous ‎(comparative more leguminous, superlative most leguminous)

of the Leguminosae family

resembling a legume