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leguminous

leguminous adjective: of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.

Adjective

leguminous (comparative more leguminous, superlative most leguminous)

  1. Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
  2. Resembling a legume.

leguminous meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

leguminous in Tamil

அவரையக்குடும்பத்துக்குரிய, அவரையத்துக்குரிய

leguminous in Bengali

মটর, শিম্বগোত্রীয় উদ্ভিদের মতো

leguminous in Kannada

ದ್ವಿದಳಧಾನ್ಯದ, ದ್ವಿದಳಧಾನ್ಯದಂಥ, ಕಾಳು

Forms of leguminous

comparativemore leguminous
superlativemost leguminous
alternative formleguminose

Origin of leguminous

From Middle English leguminous, from Medieval Latin legūminōsus, ultimately from oblique stem of Latin legūmen, legūminis (“bean, pulse”) + -ous.

Words formed from leguminous

Questions about leguminous

What does leguminous mean?
Leguminous means of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
What is leguminous in Tamil?
Leguminous in Tamil is அவரையக்குடும்பத்துக்குரிய, அவரையத்துக்குரிய. See Leguminous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leguminous?
Leguminous is an adjective.

Words near leguminous in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leguminous (page history and authors); leguminous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leguminous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leguminous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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