legume
— Noun
– English
~ the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case
legume
— Noun
– English
~ an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Leguminosae
— Noun
– English
~ a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
leguminous
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or consisting of legumes
lehar
— Noun
– English
~ Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948)
lei
— Noun
– English
~ flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
leibnitz
— Noun
– English
~ German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
Leibnitzian
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
leibniz
— Noun
– English
~ German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
Leibnizian
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
leicester
— Noun
– English
~ a largely agricultural county in central England
Leicester
— Noun
– English
~ an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
leicestershire
— Noun
– English
~ a largely agricultural county in central England
Leichtlin's camas
— Noun
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~ camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains
leiden
— Noun
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~ a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
Leiden jar
— Noun
– English
~ an electrostatic capacitor of historical interest
Leigh
— Noun
– English
~ English film actress (1913-1967)
Leigh Hunt
— Noun
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~ British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
leiomyoma
— Noun
– English
~ benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)
leiomyosarcoma
— Noun
– English
~ sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate