Chem. Also legumine. [f. LEGUME + -IN.] A proteid substance resembling casein, found in leguminous and other seeds.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 690. A peculiar principle, to which he [Braconnot] has given the name of legumin.
c. 1865. Circ. Sci., I. 329/2. The largest proportion of phosphorus exists in legumine.
1886. A. H. Church, Food Grains Ind., 119. Legumin occurs in largest proportion and in the larger number of kinds of pulse.
