Legume [noun]
Definition of Legume:
edible part of plant
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Opposite/Antonyms of Legume:
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Sentence/Example of Legume:
Protein is a necessary part of the human diet and most commonly found in fish or meat dishes, though it’s also a primary part of some nuts and legumes.
Mediterranean dietEmphasis on fruits, veggies, whole grains, olive oil, beans, nuts, legumes, fish and other seafood.
Foods made from protein-rich cereals and legumes are likely to be a lot more so.
Specimens were found in the daytime in stumps, dead cacti, and the hollow branches of the legume, Apoplanesia paniculata.
Carefully dig up a root of clover, cowpea, soy bean or other legume and wash the soil from it.
Now look at the ovules or seeds of the locust, and you will see that they are arranged in a pod or legume like those of the pea.
A short, non-legume sod rotation is an efficient means of building up a depleted orchard soil.
Legume and cream soups will furnish a satisfactory meal by themselves.
To an English reader the term suggests a species of legume, which bears no resemblance to wheat at any stage of its progress.
Griffith infers, from this specimen, that the legume is not to be considered as a terminal leaf.