legume
/ˈlegjuːm/noun
1- a leguminous plant, especially one grown as a crop（尤指作物）豆科植物。
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）。
1.2
- Botany the long seed pod of a leguminous plant【植】（豆科植物的）长豆荚。
词源
mid 17th cent. (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).