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leguminoid

leguminoid adjective: of, relating to, or resembling legumes.

Adjective

leguminoid (comparative more leguminoid, superlative most leguminoid)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling legumes.
    • The fertile leaves branch above their insertion; the one branch is quite similar to a sterile leaf, the other bears a leguminoid fructification (Fig. 125 f) which contains several sori enclosed by indusia.1880, K[arl Anton Eugen] Prantl, translated by S[ydney] H[oward] Vines, An Elementary Text-Book of Botany. […], London: W[illiam] Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, […], page 157
    • The kidneys are leguminoid bodies located immediately anterior to the hind limbs.1895 October, Alvin Davison, “A Contribution to the Anatomy and Phylogeny of Amphiuma means (Gardner)”, in C[harles] O[tis] Whitman, Edward Phelps Allis, Junr., editors, Journal of Morphology, volume...

Forms of leguminoid

comparativemore leguminoid
superlativemost leguminoid

Origin of leguminoid

From Latin legūmen + -oid.

Questions about leguminoid

What does leguminoid mean?
Leguminoid means of, relating to, or resembling legumes.
What part of speech is leguminoid?
Leguminoid is an adjective.

Words near leguminoid in the dictionary

  1. legumiferous
  2. legumin
  3. legumina
  4. leguminaceous
  5. legumine
  6. leguminoid
  7. leguminose
  8. leguminous
  9. legumins
  10. Legums
  11. Legundi

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