leguminoidadj.n.
/lᵻˈɡjuːmᵻnɔɪd/, U.S. /ləˈɡ(j)uməˌnɔɪd/ Botany.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating the legume family ( Leguminosae or Fabaceae); resembling or shaped like an edible seed or fruit, esp. a bean, of a leguminous plant.
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1825 P. W. Watson Dendrologia Britannica I. p. xliv (heading) Siliquoid, Leguminoid.
1880 S. H. Vines tr. K. Prantl Elem. Text-bk. Bot. iv. 157 The one branch is quite similar to a sterile leaf, the other bears a leguminoid fructification.
1883 Proc. Convent. Agriculturists 219 Good crops of clover and leguminoid plants can be obtained..by the use of marl, lime, or gypsum and phosphates.
1895 Jrnl. Morphol. 11 395 The kidneys are leguminoid bodies located immediately anterior to the hind limbs.
1905 Proc. 18th Ann. Meeting Florida State Hort. Soc. 95/2 As for gathering a part of the nitrogen from the air by growing leguminoid plants in grove, we have given it a thorough trial.
1969 J. H. Hunziker in Systematic Biol. 306 The tribe Vicieae is characterized by the presence of leguminoid and vicilinoid proteins.
2001 Flora Austral. 11A 20 The oldest pollen types generally accepted to be leguminoid closely resemble pollen produced by modern genera of Caesalpiniaceae.
B. n.
A leguminous plant; = legume n. 2. Now rare.
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1873 Clinic 31 May 264/2 Dr. Olfinger recommends the employment of this legumenoid [sc. Galega officinalis as a stimulant to the secretion of milk in nurses.]
1890 Breeder's Gaz. 10 Dec. 438/3 Nothing does so well for storing up nitrogen for grains as the leguminoids or clovers.
1913 C. Markham tr. Conde de Ficalho in tr. G. da Orta Colloquies on Simples & Drugs India 320 (note) The seed of the leguminoid Moringa pterygosperma,..the Ben-nut of the Arabs.
1926 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 May 373/1 It [sc. the monkey-nut] has the power, like some of the ‘leguminoids’, of attracting the nitrogen in the atmosphere and fixing it in the soil.
1938 Ulster Med. Jrnl. 7 198 Diet; eliminate protein and excess leguminoids.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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