- legume
[legume 词源字典]
- legume: see lobe
[legume etymology, legume origin, 英语词源] - legume (n.)
- plant of the group of the pulse family, 1670s, from French légume (16c.), from Latin legumen "pulse, leguminous plant," of unknown origin. One suggestion ties it to Latin legere "to gather" (see lecture (n.)), because they can be scooped by the handful. Used in Middle English in the Latin form legumen (late 14c.).