leguminous
/lɪˈgjuːmɪnəs/adjective
- Botany of, 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.
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'relating to pulses'）： from medieval Latin leguminosus, from legumen （see LEGUME）.