leguminous

Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.

Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.

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; Leghemoglobin : In leguminous plants, such as alfalfa or soybeans, the nitrogen fixing bacteria in the roots are protected from oxygen by this iron heme containing oxygen-binding protein. Source: Internet

According to the data of the agrarian department, cereal crops and leguminous crops are cut and threshed by 99.6% of the plan. Source: Internet

Another Arab toponym was Qaṭāniyyah (قطانية), allegedly from the Arabic word for the " leguminous plants ". Source: Internet

The gross harvest of cereals and leguminous crops should amount to 2.8 million tons in Bashkortostan this year, even if rainy weather continues in the region. Source: Internet

This is achieved by 'rotation cropping' (traditionally called the ley system) with leguminous pastures and, in the last decade, including a canola crop in the rotations has boosted wheat yields by a further 25%. Source: Internet

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