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leguminous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
legu-mi-nous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.

adj

Resembling a legume.

Etymology

From Middle English leguminous, from Medieval Latin legūminōsus, ultimately from oblique stem of Latin legūmen, legūminis (“bean, pulse”) + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more leguminous (comparative) most leguminous (superlative) leguminose (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonleguminous

Questions

What does leguminous mean?
Of the Leguminosae family of peas, beans etc.
Where does leguminous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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