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noun

Legume n.

(Bot.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. Note: 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.

pl. The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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