Word

legume, n.
(legumes)
freq. cnt. 1

an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
<noun.plant> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

legume leguminous plant

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

member holonym

Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family

hypernym

herb, herbaceous plant climber

part meronym

hyponym

peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea chickpea, chickpea plant, Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides soy, soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja, soja bean, Glycine max wild pea lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris horse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus locoweed, crazyweed, crazy weed bean, bean plant pea, pea plant sesbania vetch moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia, Phaseolus aconitifolius adzuki bean, adsuki bean, Vigna angularis, Phaseolus angularis snailflower, snail-flower, snail flower, snail bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla mung, mung bean, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus, mung bean plant cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna unguiculata, Vigna sinensis asparagus bean, yard-long bean, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, Vigna sesquipedalis

the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
<noun.food>

legume

semantic pointers

hypernym

vegetable, veggie, veg

hyponym

pulse bean, edible bean lentil pea chickpea, garbanzo black-eyed pea, cowpea

substance meronym

the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
<noun.plant>

legume

semantic pointers

part holonym

legume, leguminous plant

hypernym

hyponym

chickpea, garbanzo lentil pea field pea cowpea, black-eyed pea