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legumey

legumey adjective: resembling or characteristic of legumes.

Adjective

legumey (comparative more legumey, superlative most legumey)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of legumes.
    • And there were birds, mostly brown and gray with some black and drab, although once Cory saw one that was as green as the broad field of legumey stuff on their right.1973, Andrew J. Offutt, The Galactic Rejects, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, →ISBN, page 32
    • The shells turn soggy, and the peanuts take on a fresh, legumey flavor and texture more reminiscent of, say, a salty kidney bean than a traditional roasted goober.2002, Smithsonian, page 95

Examples of legumey in a sentence

  • Weedy, legumey notes on the nose are offset slightly by cream and flour.2002, Wine Enthusiast, page 78:
  • As I approached the Commons, I detected the foul legumey odor of cooking peas, my most hated vegetable, unless it’s in a pod and crunchy, and I’m eating Chinese food, like beef with snow pea pods.2013, Maureen Hardegree, Haint She Sweet, Bell Bridge Books, →ISBN:
  • Peanuts flew everywhere, little legumey pellets spitting into patrons, mirror, and floor like machine gun bullets.2016, Mary Hughes, Bite My Fire, Entangled Publishing, →ISBN:
  • Because of the unpleasant “legumey” taste of raw beans, it is best to pulse in a food processor and rinse off the starch.2016, Ian Giesbrecht, Sprouts: Live Well with Living Foods, Portland, Ore.: Microcosm Publishing, →ISBN:

Forms of legumey

comparativemore legumey
superlativemost legumey

Origin of legumey

From legume + -y.

Questions about legumey

What does legumey mean?
Legumey means resembling or characteristic of legumes.
How do you use legumey in a sentence?
Weedy, legumey notes on the nose are offset slightly by cream and flour.
What part of speech is legumey?
Legumey is an adjective.

Words near legumey in the dictionary

  1. legumelin
  2. legumelins
  3. legumen
  4. legumens
  5. legumes
  6. legumey
  7. legumiferous
  8. legumin
  9. legumina
  10. leguminaceous
  11. legumine

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