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Webster 1913 Edition
Legume
Leg′ume
(lĕg′ū̍m or lē̍-gūm′)
, Noun.
[F.
légume
, 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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Legume
LEG'UME
,Definition 2024
légume
légume
See also: legume
French
légumes (1)
Noun
légume m (plural légumes)
- (cooking) vegetable
- Manger des légumes est très bon pour la santé.
- Eating vegetables is very good for one's health.
- Manger des légumes est très bon pour la santé.
- (figuratively, informal) vegetable (someone in a vegetative state)
- Depuis qu'il a eu un accident de voiture, il ressemble à un vrai légume.
- Since his car accident he has turned into a complete vegetable.
- Depuis qu'il a eu un accident de voiture, il ressemble à un vrai légume.
- (botany, dated) legume; pod
- Le fruit de la vesce est un légume au sens strict.
- The seed of vetch is a legume in the strict sense of the word.
- Le fruit de la vesce est un légume au sens strict.
- (figuratively, informal) couch potato
Synonyms
- (pod): gousse
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: legume