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legume

[leg-yoom, li-gyoom] / ˈlɛg yum, lɪˈgyum /


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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

Cultural staples like hummus, muhammara, guacamole and Ethiopian legume stews all fall under the purée umbrella.

From Salon • May 16, 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

In an interdisciplinary study, researchers discovered that symbiotic bacteria communicate with legume plants through specific molecules and that this communication influences which bacteria grow near the plant roots.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

It is the only perennial forage legume that has in any sense made good in Florida.

From Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Association, Florida State Live Stock




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