||Le*gu"men (l*g"mn), n.; pl. L. Legumina (- m*n), E. Legumens (-mnz).
||[L.] Same as Legume.
||
Le*gu"min (-mn), n. [Cf. F. légumine.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous
substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of
the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants.
Le*gu"mi*nous (-m*ns), a. [Cf. F. légumineux.] 1. Pertaining to pulse;
consisting of pulse.
2. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of
plants (Leguminosæ), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover,
locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.
Lei"ger (l"jr), n. [See Leger, and Ledger.] See Leger, n., 2. [Obs.]
Shak.
Lei*ot"ri*chan (l*t"r*kan), a. Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi. - -
n. One of the Leiotrichi.
||Lei*ot"ri*chi (-k), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lei^os smooth + qri`x,
||tricho`s, hair.] (Anthropol.) The division of mankind which embraces
||the smooth-haired races.
||
Lei*ot"ri*chous (-ks), a. [See Leiotrichi.] (Anthropol.) Having smooth,
or nearly smooth, hair.
||Lei*po"a (l*p"), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous
||birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the
||size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and
||gray. Called also native pheasant.
||
It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs
are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass.
Lei`po*thym"ic (l`p*thm"k), a. See Lipothymic.
{ Leis"ter, Lis"ter } (ls"tr), n. A spear armed with three or more
prongs, for striking fish. [Scotland]