legume
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That is because she uses green manure and legume crops.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
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
Black eyed peas are actually a legume — so they are a bean, not a pea.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
Peanut butter is not a nut butter because peanuts are a legume like a pea or bean.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association
With far less leisure time and diminished income, recreational facilities are turned over to food production, notably small-scale greenhouses and vertical farming for producing varied fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
On average, they consumed 4.3 daily servings of dark green vegetables and legumes and 3.9 servings of whole grains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
But over the years, the mushy yellow-brown legumes "became an acquired taste like a strong cheese can, because you know how cheese can smell like dirty socks," the 47-year-old Arizonan said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Khichdi, derived from the Sanskrit word khicca, meaning a dish made with rice and legumes, dates back to the ninth century B.C.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Since there was no need for legumes to fix nitrogen, farmers could plant corn in every field, every year.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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