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• Legume — A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or a fruit of these specific plants. A legume fruit is a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides. A common name for… …   Wikipedia

• bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom …   Universalium

• legume inoculation — noun : the inoculation of legume seeds with a specific culture of bacteria that multiply in the roots of a legume plant forming nodules where the bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen for the nutrition of the plant …   Useful english dictionary

• legume — noun Etymology: French légume, from Latin legumin , legumen leguminous plant, from legere to gather more at legend Date: 1676 1. a. the fruit or seed of plants of the legume family (as peas or beans) used for food b. a vegetable used for food 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• legume — noun /lɪˈɡjuːm,ˈlɛɡjuːm/ a) The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food; a vegetable used for food. b) Any of a large family (Leguminosae syn. Fabaceae) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees having fruits that are …   Wiktionary

• legume family — leg′ume fam ily n. pln a widespread family, Leguminosae, of trees, shrubs, vines, and nonwoody plants having clusters of irregular flowers with joined petals, fruit in the form of a pod that splits along both sides, and, usually, root nodules… …   From formal English to slang

• endosymbiotic bacteria — Bacteria that establish a symbiotic relationship within a eukaryotic cell. Eg. the nitrogen fixing bacteria of legume root nodules. See also endosymbiont hypothesis …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• Dale W. McMillen — (January 27, 1880 April, 1971) was a leading proponent of the use of feed supplements in animal husbandry. He founded Wayne Feeds and Central Soya. He was known as Mr. Mac to friends, family, and coworkers. McMillen was born January 27, 1880 in… …   Wikipedia

• Root nodule — Cross section though a soybean (Glycine max Essex ) root nodule. The bacterium, Bradyrhizobium japonicum, colonizes the roots and establishes a nitrogen fixing symbiosis. This high magnification image shows part of a cell with single bacteroids… …   Wikipedia

• Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …   Universalium

• Fabales — ▪ plant order Introduction  order of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots. The order comprises 4 families ( Fabaceae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae, and Surianaceae), 754 genera, and more than 20,000 species.… …   Universalium