is a legume a vegetable
A selection of various legumes. A legume (/ËlÉÉ¡juËm/ or /ËlÉËÉ¡juËm/) is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae). Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their grain seed called pulse, for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure.