legume

Example Sentences

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Thousands of children may be avoiding peanut allergies thanks to research indicating that early exposure to—rather than avoidance of—the legume is key.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025

At the Shoreline Fuel Mart, the longtime home of the languishing legume, an employee answered a phone call from a Times reporter this week with a sigh, saying: “Everybody keeps calling us about this.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Studies have found that microbial fertilizers could increase legume yields by 10% to 30% in healthy soil and generate billions of dollars in benefits.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2023

They are mostly found in the legume family of which soybeans are the main source in the human diet.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023

The maize will grow if planted; the legume Will ripen; and our hands will surely fill, If we but ask the earth and gods to help And second our endeavors.

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt