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Leguminous

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Adjective

1. leguminous

relating to or consisting of legumes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leguminous

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adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to the Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae), a family of flowering plants having pods (or legumes) as fruits and root nodules enabling storage of nitrogen-rich material: includes peas, beans, clover, gorse, acacia, and carob

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Leguminous

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adjective
1. 
of, having the nature of, or bearing a legume or legumes
2. 
of the order of plants bearing legumes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Leguminous

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adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of plants in the pea family, which includes peas, beans, clover, and alfalfa.
2. Resembling a legume.

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