Legume (noun)
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A leguminous plant (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop.
Mid 17th century (denoting the edible portion of the plant): from French légume, from Latin legumen, from legere ‘to pick’ (because the fruit may be picked by hand).
Example sentences
“The Princess and the Legume didn’t quite have the same ring to it.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
