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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Legume

/(lĕg"ū̇m [or] lē̇*gūm")/ · Leg·ume · IPA /ˈlɛɡ.juːm/
01 n. A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
  1. 1.
    A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.