LEGUME

n. Le*g'uam. Lat., legumen (from legere, to bring together). Fr., legume, gou e. Ger.. Jliilse. 1. A monocarpellary pod t lint dehisces along both the ventral and dorsal sutnr.s. as in the pea or bean. 2. Any leguminous plant or its fruit. [B. 1, lit, 34, 121, 123. 291 (a, 35).] Lomentaceoun 1. Lat., legumen lomentaceum. See LOMKNT. [s. 600]