Plural of legume

Forms of legume

Legumes in a sentence

• Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.From the entry fix
• Legumes thrive better on this soil than on any of those derived entirely from acid materials.1955, Soil Survey, page 35. From the entry succeed
• In some individuals various foods are flatulogenic, especially milk, legumes, and cabbage.1953, Modern Medicine Annual. From the entry flatulogenic
• Wat is a sauce composed of legumes, including horsebeans, chickpeas, kidneybeans, and lentils pounded to a flour, and mixed with spices.1958, The Journal of Tropical Pediatrics and African Child Health. From the entry berbere
• Phytate or phytic acid is a main storage form of phosphate and is ubiquitously distributed in plant foods, especially cereal grains and legumes.2015, Cuong D. Tran et al., “The Potential for Zinc Stable Isotope Techniques and Modelling to Determine Optimal Zinc Supplementation”, in…. From the entry phytic

Meaning of legume

1. noun The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.
2. noun Any of a large family (Fabaceae, syn. Leguminosae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or loments, bearing nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or clovers).
3. noun A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

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Questions about the plural of legume

What is the plural of legume?

The plural of legume is legumes.

Is legume countable?

Legume is a countable noun.