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legumen|lɪˈgjuːmən|
Pl. legumens, ‖ legumina.
[a. L. legūmen: see prec.]
a. = legume 1 a.
b. = legume 2. Also collect. sing.
c. = legume 3.
a.1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xcv. (1495) 662 Greynes that ben..gretter..thanne greynes of whete other of barly be properly callyd legumina. 1680Boyle Produc. Chem. Princ. ii. iv, Some legumens, as peas, or beans; which if they be newly gathered and distilled in a retort..will..afford..an acid spirit. 1721Chamberlayne in Phil. Trans. XXXI. 200 These Vessels..are more easy to be discover'd in Beans and Pease, than in any sort of Legumens or Grains.
b.1675Evelyn Terra (1676) 71 The haulm of beans, pease, and other legumina. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 354 Grass-butter rises in price by reason of its consumption of those legumens. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. i. vi. 54 The Country adjacent produces Barley, Wheat, and Legumen. 1789G. White Selborne xxxiv. (1853) 123 They are to be met with in gardens on kidney-beans or any legumens.
c.1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. vi. (1765) 13 Legumen, a Pod..is a Pericarpium of two Valves, wherein the seeds are fastened along one suture only. 1776–96Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 619 Lotus. Legumen cylindrical; filled with cylindrical seeds. 1832Veg. Subst. Food Man 211 The seeds are contained in an oblong legumen, or pod..of two valves. |