leguminous

1. 1.

   relating to or consisting of legumes

Questions about leguminous

What does leguminous mean?

leguminous means "relating to or consisting of legumes".

How many syllables are in leguminous?

leguminous has 4 syllables and divides as le-gu-mi-nous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is leguminous a common word?

leguminous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.