le·gu·mi·nous
adjective/lɪˈɡjuːmɪnəs/
/lɪˈɡjuːmɪnəs/
[usually before noun] (specialist)- relating to plants of the legume family
豆科（植物）的 Oxford Collocations DictionaryLeguminous is used with these nouns:- plant
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to pulses’): from medieval Latin leguminosus, from legumen, from legere ‘to pick’ (because the fruit or vegetable may be picked by hand).