Bible Dictionaries
Legume

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

(2):

(n.) The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Legume'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/legume.html. 1828.