Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Leguminous

Leguminous (-mi*nus) , adjective

[Compare French légumineux.]

1.
Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.
2.
(Botany) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosa), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.