Middle English Dictionary Entry
legūmines n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | legūmines n. plural |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The seeds of leguminous vegetables, legumes.
Associated quotations
- [ (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)233a/a : Legumina, codware..serueþ to potage..greynes þat been somdel more and grettere and þikke þan greynes of whete oþer of barlich beþ propreliche y-cleped legumina and beeþ nouȝt y-gendred in hulles, as whete, but in coddes..as it fareþ of pesen, fecchis, and benes. ]
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)35b/a : Of leguminez [L leguminum], i. gruel, lenticlez is most vile metez.