Relating to plants that are legumes like pinto beans, great northern beans, lentils, etc.
The English phrase 'leguminous plant' means an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Leguminous plants have nodules on their roots containing bacteria which can fix nitrogen contained in the air in the soil. This nitrogen becomes available to the plant, which uses the nitrogen as an...
Peas,beans
Besides producing an edible crop legumes capture Nitrogen in the soil.
beans, vegetables