the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.
adj. Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosæ), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.
In botany, bearing legumes as seed-vessels; pertaining to plants which bear legumes, as peas; specifically, of or pertaining to the Leguminosæ. Also leguminose.
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adj. relating to or consisting of legumes
Word Usage
"Remember also that some trees, called leguminous trees, such as Prosopis, Faidherbia and Leucaena can take nitrogen from the air and turn it into nitrogen that the tree can use to grow, so you may not need to fertilize the tree with nitrogen."