(n) :
the fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as
peas or
beans) used for food; a vegetable used for food; any of a large family (Leguminosae syn. Fabaceae) of
dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are legumes or
loments, bearing
nodules on the roots that contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and including important food and forage plants (as peas, beans, or
clovers)