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单词 leguminous
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Definition of leguminous in English:

leguminous

adjective lɪˈɡjuːmɪnəsləˈɡjumənəs
Botany
  • Relating to or denoting plants of the pea family (Leguminosae ). These have seeds in pods, distinctive flowers, and typically root nodules containing symbiotic bacteria able to fix nitrogen.

    〔植〕(与)豆科植物(有关)的(豆荚中有豆,花形特殊,尤其是根部含有固氮共生菌节)。比较PAPILIONACEOUS

    Compare with papilionaceous
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still, no one had figured out how leguminous plants assimilate nitrogen.
    • Tomato has an advantage if planting follows leguminous crops like groundnuts and beans which put nitrogen back into the soil.
    • This leguminous climbing plant is commonly called the velvet bean.
    • Golden peanut oil is a by-product of the leguminous plant native to Mexico.
    • The beans are the seeds of the leguminous soybean plant.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'relating to pulses'): from medieval Latin leguminosus, from legumen (see legume).

Rhymes

bituminous, luminous, numinous, voluminous

Definition of leguminous in US English:

leguminous

adjectiveləˈɡjumənəsləˈɡyo͞omənəs
Botany
  • Relating to or denoting plants of the pea family (Leguminosae). They have seeds in pods, distinctive flowers, and typically root nodules containing symbiotic bacteria able to fix nitrogen.

    〔植〕(与)豆科植物(有关)的(豆荚中有豆,花形特殊,尤其是根部含有固氮共生菌节)。比较PAPILIONACEOUS

    Compare with papilionaceous
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This leguminous climbing plant is commonly called the velvet bean.
    • Tomato has an advantage if planting follows leguminous crops like groundnuts and beans which put nitrogen back into the soil.
    • Golden peanut oil is a by-product of the leguminous plant native to Mexico.
    • Still, no one had figured out how leguminous plants assimilate nitrogen.
    • The beans are the seeds of the leguminous soybean plant.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to pulses’): from medieval Latin leguminosus, from legumen (see legume).

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