Usually means: Plants that produce pods, nitrogen-fixing.
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  1. leguminous: Merriam-Webster
  2. leguminous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leguminous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. leguminous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. leguminous: Vocabulary.com
  6. Leguminous, leguminous: Wordnik
  7. leguminous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. leguminous: Wiktionary
  9. leguminous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. leguminous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. leguminous: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. leguminous: Dictionary.com
  13. Leguminous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Leguminous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. leguminous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. leguminous: Rhymezone
  17. Leguminous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. leguminous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. leguminous: FreeDictionary.org
  20. leguminous: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. leguminous: Encyclopedia

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  1. leguminous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
▸ adjective:  Resembling a legume.

Similar:
loganiaceous, pea green, labiate, nelumbonaceous, balsaminaceous, liliaceous, cannabaceous, jasminaceous, juncaginaceous, cannabinaceous, more...

Opposite:
non-leguminous, non-pulse, non-bean

Types:
bean, pea, lentil, soybean, peanut, carob, chickpea, pigeon pea, more...

Phrases:
leguminous plant, leguminous growths, more...

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Similar:
loganiaceous, pea green, labiate, nelumbonaceous, balsaminaceous, liliaceous, cannabaceous, jasminaceous, juncaginaceous, cannabinaceous, more...

Opposite:
non-leguminous, non-pulse, non-bean

Types:
bean, pea, lentil, soybean, peanut, carob, chickpea, pigeon pea, more...

Phrases:
leguminous plant, leguminous growths, more...



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