Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as leguminous.

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Examples

  • I perceived in the broad clearings left by fallen trees, decayed with age, leguminose plants, acerineæ, rubiceæ and many other eatable shrubs, dear to ruminant animals at every period.

    Journey to the Interior of the Earth 2003

  • I perceived in the broad clearings left by fallen trees, decayed with age, leguminose plants, acerineæ, rubiceæ and many other eatable shrubs, dear to ruminant animals at every period.

    A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866

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