(botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
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legume
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for legume.
Editorial note
Just to be pedantic, a peanut is not a nut--it's a legume, like beans, and has a similar nutritional profile.
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Quick take
(botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of legume gathered in one view.
(botany) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
(botany) Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for legume.
noun
(botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
noun
(botany) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
noun
(botany) Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).
Example sentences
Just to be pedantic, a peanut is not a nut--it's a legume, like beans, and has a similar nutritional profile.
Everything you listed except for oats is typically classified as a legume or a pulse, not a grain.
My honors project was genetically modefying a common pastural legume to produce anti-RNAs of a specific virus.
P-computers is just another name for legume-computers, which are great for bean-counting, and are deployed in pods.
For an higher protein/calorie ration, Quinoa is in range of soy' water footprint, and legume protein concentrates fit as well.
Peanuts is a bit different because it is a legume, but Fuhrman does include beans and lentils on his healthy list.
According to Loren Cordain, autoimmune diseases such as MS are triggered by eating certain kinds of food such as legume and milk.
And, honestly, only in the last 10 years have I been hearing the term legume in common conversation.
We base everything on olive oil, alliums, some sort of legume or grain and seasonal greens, nuts, fruits and vegetables.
You're welcome to a discussion about supportable human populations, but the idea that grain and legume farming is more ecologically sustainable is flat out wrong.
Tempeh is awesome and comes with soy (nutty), lentil (strong taste like aged meat), chickpeas (floral), beans (melty), or other legume/cereal/nut.
So, you need different crops, like legume, that are much more demanding on the soil and don't grow as well everywhere as the common cereals.
Quote examples
Lentils are popular in the "slow carb" diets, as they are a moderately low-carb legume.
Calling it a "Legume burger" will seem kind of alien but in a few years it would help make the word "Legume" mainstream and familiar and everyone would be better off.
So you could be putting me in danger by calling a legume patty a "burger" or "beaf".
Paleo is more "no grain, no dairy, no legume", but fruits are still allowed and encouraged for providing natural, sweet-tooth-satisfying carbs.
Proper noun examples
For anyone stopping by looking for more info, it’s Camp Lejeune not Legume.
I just read another article about this, but the affected group is military from Camp Legume.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use legume in a sentence?
Just to be pedantic, a peanut is not a nut--it's a legume, like beans, and has a similar nutritional profile.
What does legume mean?
(botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
What part of speech is legume?
legume is commonly used as noun.