legume

noun

(L. legumen: vegetable [especially those wiht pod, hull]) A 1-locular fruit, usually dehiscent along two sutures, bearing seeds along the ventral suture; a leguminous plant. A fruit characteristic of the families Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and Fabaceae, formed from one carpel and either dehiscent along both sides, or indehiscent; in particular, such a fruit that is grown as an edible crop; a crop species in the family Fabaceae.