"legume" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛɡ.juːm/, /lɪˈɡjuːm/, /ləˈɡjuːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-legume.wav [UK] Forms: legumes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: Borrowed from French légume, from Latin legūmen (“bean”). Doublet of legumen. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{bor|en|fr|légume}} French légume, {{der|en|la|legūmen||bean}} Latin legūmen (“bean”), {{doublet|en|legumen}} Doublet of legumen Head templates: {{en-noun}} legume (plural legumes)
  1. (botany) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (fruit or seed of leguminous plants): ὄσπριον (ósprion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ընդավոր (əndavor) (Armenian), egoskari (Basque), lekale (Basque), klorenn [feminine] (Breton), llegum [masculine] (Catalan), 豆類 (Chinese Mandarin), 豆类 (dòulèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 莢果 (Chinese Mandarin), 荚果 (jiáguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), luštěnina [feminine] (Czech), peul [common-gender] (Dutch), peulvrucht [common-gender] (Dutch), guŝo (Esperanto), legumo (Esperanto), herne (pea) (Finnish), papu (english: bean) (Finnish), gousse [feminine] (French), légume [dated] (French), legume [masculine] (Galician), Hülsenfrucht [feminine] (German), όσπριο (ósprio) [neuter] (Greek), belgaldin [neuter] (Icelandic), legumo (Ido), legume [masculine] (Italian), សិម្ពិកូល (sempi’kool) (Khmer), សណ្ដែក (sɑndaek) (Khmer), legūmen [neuter] (Latin), mahunarka [Croatia] (Latin), शिंबीफल (śimbīphal) (Marathi), द्विदल धान्य (dvidal dhānya) (Marathi), शेंगा (śeṅgā) (Marathi), कायधान्य (kāydhānya) (Marathi), belgfrukt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), strąk [masculine] (Polish), legume [masculine] (Portuguese), бобо́вый (bobóvyj) [masculine] (Russian), стручко́вый (stručkóvyj) [masculine] (Russian), махуна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mahuna [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), legumbre [feminine] (Spanish), baljväxt (Swedish), tapladbunga (Tagalog), ኣእካል ጥረ (ʾaʾkal ṭərä) (Tigrinya), baklagil (Turkish), bakliyat (Turkish), codlys [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-legume-en-noun-Av8E-Wk0 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'fruit or seed of leguminous plants': 80 12 8
  2. (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). Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Legumes Translations (member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family): legumineg [feminine] (Breton), бобово растение (bobovo rastenie) (Bulgarian), hernekasvi (Finnish), légumineuse [feminine] (French), legume [masculine] (Galician), პარკოსანი (ṗarḳosani) (Georgian), Leguminose [feminine] (German), Hülsenfrüchtler [masculine] (German), קִטְנִית (kitnít) [feminine] (Hebrew), hüvelyes (Hungarian), សិម្ពិកូល (sempi’kool) (Khmer), merbau (Malay), roślina strączkowa [feminine] (Polish), leguminosa [feminine] (Portuguese), leguminoasă [feminine] (Romanian), махунарка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mahunarka [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), бобова культура (bobova kulʹtura) [feminine] (Ukrainian), planhigyn codlysol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-legume-en-noun-YOKHPEkt Disambiguation of Legumes: 22 71 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 45 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 64 16 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family': 3 95 2
  3. (botany) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (pod dehiscent into two pieces): palko (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-legume-en-noun-6560IYZr Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'pod dehiscent into two pieces': 7 9 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: legumen [dated], legume Hypernyms: vegetable Hyponyms: alfalfa, clover, chickpea, pea, bean, lentil, lupin, mesquite, carob, peanut Derived forms: legumelin, legumey Related terms: legumen, legumin, legumine, leguminoid, leguminose, leguminous

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          "_dis1": "3 95 2",
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          "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
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          "_dis1": "3 95 2",
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      "word": "ընդավոր"
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "egoskari"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
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      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "豆類"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dòulèi",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "豆类"
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "莢果"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiáguǒ",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "荚果"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luštěnina"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "peul"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "guŝo"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "legumo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "herne (pea)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "bean",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "papu"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gousse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legume"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ósprio",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "όσπριο"
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "legumo"
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "សិម្ពិកូល"
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "sɑndaek",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "សណ្ដែក"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mahunarka"
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "शिंबीफल"
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      "code": "mr",
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      "code": "mr",
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      "word": "कायधान्य"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "belgfrukt"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "strąk"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "стручко́вый"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mahuna"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "baljväxt"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "word": "tapladbunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "ʾaʾkal ṭərä",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "ኣእካል ጥረ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "baklagil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "word": "bakliyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fruit or seed of leguminous plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "codlys"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "legumineg"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bobovo rastenie",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "word": "бобово растение"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "word": "hernekasvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "légumineuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legume"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗarḳosani",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "word": "პარკოსანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leguminose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hülsenfrüchtler"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kitnít",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קִטְנִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "word": "hüvelyes"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sempi’kool",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "word": "សិម្ពិកូល"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "word": "merbau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roślina strączkowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leguminosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leguminoasă"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "махунарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mahunarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bobova kulʹtura",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бобова культура"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "member of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "planhigyn codlysol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pod dehiscent into two pieces",
      "word": "palko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legume"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes la vs sh in translation item: 't' {1: 'sh', 2: 'mahunarka'}",
  "path": [
    "legume",
    "t"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "legume",
  "trace": ""
}

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