D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Leguminous

/(-mĭ*nŭs)/ · Le·gu·mi·nous · IPA
01 a. Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.
  2. 2.
    Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosæ), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.(Bot.)