What does «leguminosas» mean in Spanish?
- A family of dicotyledonous angiosperm plants whose fruit is in a pod, such as lentils, peas and chickpeas. This family includes trees, shrubs and herbs with approximately 730 genera and about 19,400 species. Some of the best known legumes are: bean, soybean, pea, lentil, peanut, lupine, alfalfa, clover, chickpea, acacia, tipa, kapok, carob, tamarind, Brazil wood, sophora, black ear, astragalus.
Examples of use in Spanish: "varias leguminosas, junto con cereales y algunas frutas, han sido la base de la alimentación humana durante milenios".