legumes
- plural of legume.
Example Sentences
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Legumes include foods like peas, lentils, chickpeas, and beans.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
"Legumes" are all plants belong to the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae, while "pulses" are the dried seeds of legume plants.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
Legumes for example are high in protein and they contain several B vitamins, iron, copper, magnesium, manganese, zinc and phosphorous, he said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
"Legumes are one of the best foods you can eat if you want to look and feel younger…" she says, adding, that legumes are a high fiber food and help prevent constipation.
From Fox News • Feb. 16, 2022
Legumes used the sun’s energy to fix nitrogen in the soil.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
