Definitions for legumes

legumes leg·ume

Spelling: [leg-yoom, li-gyoom]
IPA: /ˈlɛg yum, lɪˈgyum/

Legumes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in legumes (eeglmsu).

Definitions for legumes

noun

  1. any plant of the legume family, especially those used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop.
  2. the pod or seed vessel of such a plant.
  3. any table vegetable of the legume family.

Origin of legumes

1670-80; French légume vegetable Latin legūmen pulse, a leguminous plant, derivative of legere to gather

Examples for legumes

legume, a plant belonging to the bean, pea and clover family.

The pod or legume, which splits into two valves, with placenta on one side.

If you can find it, opt for a soup with a legume base like lentil or black bean.

It is a winter annual, and being a legume, it has special value as a fertilizing crop.

The legume has only one or two seeds, and it is so small as generally to be hidden by the calyx.

We do not really need to know why an occasional soil is supplied with the bacteria of a legume new to it.

legume, a simple pod which dehisces in two pieces, like that of the Pea, 122.

Specimens were found in the daytime in stumps, dead cacti, and the hollow branches of the legume, Apoplanesia paniculata.

The maintenance of fertility is dependent much upon the use of a legume that will furnish nitrogen from the air.

Pod, specially a legume, 122; also may be applied to any sort of capsule.

Word Value for legumes
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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