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单词 legume
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Definition of legume in English:

legume

noun ˈlɛɡjuːm
  • 1A leguminous plant (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop.

    (尤指作物)豆科植物

    he sows a mixture of grasses and legumes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Orchardgrass is especially well suited for mixtures with tall legumes, such as alfalfa and red clover.
    • The use of legumes as rotation crops is once again gaining favor.
    • To control nematodes, rotate crops with grasses or legumes, and maintain a high level of soil organic matter.
    • Grasses and legumes can provide cover for ground nesting birds - especially if the area is not mowed during the nesting season.
    • In the Northeast, pasture typically contains a grass species plus a legume, like clover, according to ARS agronomist Matt Sanderson.
    • Other crop plants like peppers, cowpeas, clovers, legumes, and many others will be studied in the future.
    • As farms grew, wheat became the universal crop and was often used as a means of payment; other crops included legumes, barley, and oats.
    • We are aware of no such studies of wild legumes growing in uncultivated soils.
    • Apart from sugar and soybeans we also grow other legumes and sunflowers, a source for cooking oil.
    • Vance's focus is on improving biological nitrogen fixation for alfalfa and other legumes as well as improving how plants acquire more phosphorus from the soil.
    • Perennial grasses or legumes should be planted by now.
    • He's also seeded pastures with legumes like alfalfa and red and white clovers.
    • The most common legumes are alfalfa, red clover and birdsfoot trefoil.
    • Green manure crops and crop rotations involving legumes also provide farmers with an additional source of plant nutrients.
    • Since these two cover crops are legumes, they form a symbiosis with specialized soil bacteria called rhizobia.
    • Not only can we produce our own nitrogen by growing legumes, but we can actually rebuild the health of our soils.
    • From that point, we could talk about feeding the soil with compost and diverse cover crops (both legumes and grasses).
    • These foods include soybeans, other types of legumes, clover, alfalfa, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and rye.
    • Buckwheat, mustard, rape, or fast-growing legumes, such as vetches or crimson clover, can be used.
    • This can cause difficulty for forage producers who have increased their use of mixtures of grasses and legumes, especially with alfalfa.
    1. 1.1 A seed, pod, or other edible part of a leguminous plant, used as food.
      豆,豆荚(或豆科植物其他可食部分)
      the new diet is high in fruit, vegetables, and legumes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They form the foundation of a healthy diet, along with other plant-based foods, including vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds.
      • Good sources of fiber include fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and whole-grain products.
      • Vegetarians base their diet on four main food groups: starch, legumes, fruits and vegetables.
      • Follow a meal plan that includes a variety of low-fat foods, emphasizing fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes.
      • Dark, leafy green vegetables, beans and legumes are helpful.
      • Olives, vegetables, legumes, potatoes, rice, unsweetened fruits and gluten-free products are allowed.
      • Try to get as much fiber as you can from bodybuilding foods such as oatmeal, brown rice, whole-grain breads, vegetables, legumes and fruit.
      • It is high in cereal grains, legumes and root vegetables and restricts simple sugar and fats.
      • Folate is found in dark green leafy vegetables, beans and legumes and citrus fruits.
      • At about 17 grams of fiber per cup, beans, lentils and legumes also are high in protein and rich in complex carbohydrates, which helps keep hunger at bay.
      • Your best sources of fiber are bran cereals, whole-wheat bread, legumes and oatmeal.
      • Foods high in dietary fibre may include whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits.
      • It is one of the few legumes with more protein than carbohydrate.
      • Increase exercise, fruits, whole grains, legumes, vegetables, spices such as black pepper, turmeric and ginger.
      • Eat more fresh fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, and nuts.
      • If you're going to enrich your diet with fresh fruits, vegetables and legumes, look for organic varieties to avoid produce that's coated with chemicals.
      • Black-eyed peas are a good low-fat complement to oily legumes such as soybeans and peanuts.
      • Vegetarian patients with wounds will need to have their menus revised to incorporate a variety of nuts, grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and beverages.
      • Look for options that contain legumes or soy protein.
      • Fibre present in vegetables, fruits, legumes and fenugreek seeds is soluble in nature and more effective in controlling blood sugar and serum lipids.
    2. 1.2Botany The long seed pod of a leguminous plant.
      〔植〕(豆科植物的)长豆荚
      Example sentencesExamples
      • More information is needed to understand how the pod wall or seed coat tissues in legumes provide these functions; a sound structural foundation should help in this effort.
      • Seed coat cells in the developing seeds of grain legumes release nutrients to the developing embryo.
      • The larger plants contained many blooms and legumes, allowing them to be identified in the field.
      • In legumes, net pod photosynthesis is generally lower and, in chickpea, rates are generally less than 5% of that in the subtending leaf.
      • In many legumes, seeds are arranged linearly within the pod, making it relatively simple to study the effect of position of the ovule on seed abortion and seed set.
      Synonyms
      seed case, pod, shell, husk, hull, case, sheath

Origin

Mid 17th century (denoting the edible portion of the plant): from French légume, from Latin legumen, from legere 'to pick' (because the fruit may be picked by hand).

Definition of legume in US English:

legume

noun
  • 1A leguminous plant (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop.

    (尤指作物)豆科植物

    he sows a mixture of grasses and legumes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To control nematodes, rotate crops with grasses or legumes, and maintain a high level of soil organic matter.
    • Vance's focus is on improving biological nitrogen fixation for alfalfa and other legumes as well as improving how plants acquire more phosphorus from the soil.
    • From that point, we could talk about feeding the soil with compost and diverse cover crops (both legumes and grasses).
    • Not only can we produce our own nitrogen by growing legumes, but we can actually rebuild the health of our soils.
    • Buckwheat, mustard, rape, or fast-growing legumes, such as vetches or crimson clover, can be used.
    • The use of legumes as rotation crops is once again gaining favor.
    • Perennial grasses or legumes should be planted by now.
    • Apart from sugar and soybeans we also grow other legumes and sunflowers, a source for cooking oil.
    • As farms grew, wheat became the universal crop and was often used as a means of payment; other crops included legumes, barley, and oats.
    • Green manure crops and crop rotations involving legumes also provide farmers with an additional source of plant nutrients.
    • Other crop plants like peppers, cowpeas, clovers, legumes, and many others will be studied in the future.
    • We are aware of no such studies of wild legumes growing in uncultivated soils.
    • This can cause difficulty for forage producers who have increased their use of mixtures of grasses and legumes, especially with alfalfa.
    • He's also seeded pastures with legumes like alfalfa and red and white clovers.
    • These foods include soybeans, other types of legumes, clover, alfalfa, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and rye.
    • In the Northeast, pasture typically contains a grass species plus a legume, like clover, according to ARS agronomist Matt Sanderson.
    • Since these two cover crops are legumes, they form a symbiosis with specialized soil bacteria called rhizobia.
    • Orchardgrass is especially well suited for mixtures with tall legumes, such as alfalfa and red clover.
    • Grasses and legumes can provide cover for ground nesting birds - especially if the area is not mowed during the nesting season.
    • The most common legumes are alfalfa, red clover and birdsfoot trefoil.
    1. 1.1 A seed, pod, or other edible part of a leguminous plant, used as food.
      豆,豆荚(或豆科植物其他可食部分)
      the new diet is high in fruit, vegetables, and legumes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Increase exercise, fruits, whole grains, legumes, vegetables, spices such as black pepper, turmeric and ginger.
      • Dark, leafy green vegetables, beans and legumes are helpful.
      • At about 17 grams of fiber per cup, beans, lentils and legumes also are high in protein and rich in complex carbohydrates, which helps keep hunger at bay.
      • Folate is found in dark green leafy vegetables, beans and legumes and citrus fruits.
      • Look for options that contain legumes or soy protein.
      • It is one of the few legumes with more protein than carbohydrate.
      • It is high in cereal grains, legumes and root vegetables and restricts simple sugar and fats.
      • Black-eyed peas are a good low-fat complement to oily legumes such as soybeans and peanuts.
      • Good sources of fiber include fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and whole-grain products.
      • Follow a meal plan that includes a variety of low-fat foods, emphasizing fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes.
      • Eat more fresh fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, and nuts.
      • They form the foundation of a healthy diet, along with other plant-based foods, including vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds.
      • Foods high in dietary fibre may include whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits.
      • Try to get as much fiber as you can from bodybuilding foods such as oatmeal, brown rice, whole-grain breads, vegetables, legumes and fruit.
      • Vegetarians base their diet on four main food groups: starch, legumes, fruits and vegetables.
      • Olives, vegetables, legumes, potatoes, rice, unsweetened fruits and gluten-free products are allowed.
      • Your best sources of fiber are bran cereals, whole-wheat bread, legumes and oatmeal.
      • Vegetarian patients with wounds will need to have their menus revised to incorporate a variety of nuts, grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and beverages.
      • If you're going to enrich your diet with fresh fruits, vegetables and legumes, look for organic varieties to avoid produce that's coated with chemicals.
      • Fibre present in vegetables, fruits, legumes and fenugreek seeds is soluble in nature and more effective in controlling blood sugar and serum lipids.
    2. 1.2Botany The long seedpod of a leguminous plant.
      〔植〕(豆科植物的)长豆荚
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The larger plants contained many blooms and legumes, allowing them to be identified in the field.
      • Seed coat cells in the developing seeds of grain legumes release nutrients to the developing embryo.
      • In many legumes, seeds are arranged linearly within the pod, making it relatively simple to study the effect of position of the ovule on seed abortion and seed set.
      • More information is needed to understand how the pod wall or seed coat tissues in legumes provide these functions; a sound structural foundation should help in this effort.
      • In legumes, net pod photosynthesis is generally lower and, in chickpea, rates are generally less than 5% of that in the subtending leaf.
      Synonyms
      seed case, pod, shell, husk, hull, case, sheath

Origin

Mid 17th century (denoting the edible portion of the plant): from French légume, from Latin legumen, from legere ‘to pick’ (because the fruit may be picked by hand).

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