See Also: legume(dictionary)
legume(medicine)
legume(dictionary)
legume(encyclopedia)
chlamydia(dictionary)
Chlamydia(medicine)
Chlamydia(health)
chlamydia(encyclopedia)
chlamydia infections(medicine)
chlamydia pneumoniae(medicine)

Chlamydia trachomatis (health) and legume (iou)


Chlamydia trachomatis (health)


A bacterium that causes a disease called trachoma that results in blindness. The disease goes by a number of names such as sandy blight.





legume (iou)



legume noun. M17.
[French legume from Latin legumen, from legere gather: so called because the fruit may be gathered by hand.]
The fruit or edible portion of any leguminous plant (bean, pea, etc.) grown for Food; any vegetable used as Food. Usu. in pl. M17.
A leguminous plant. L17.
The pod or seed-vessel of a leguminous plant. L18.