Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leguminous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leguminous \Le*gu"mi*nous\ (-m[i^]*n[u^]s), a. [Cf. F.
l['e]gumineux.]
1. Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.

2. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural
order of plants ({Leguminos[ae]}), which bear legumes,
including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and
mimosas.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

leguminous
adj : relating to or consisting of legumes


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