legume

plant in the family Fabaceae
Thing general Q145909
legume
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legume

Summary

legume ranks in the top 0.34% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,344 views/month, #263 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • legume is a type of crop[2].
  • legume is a type of food[3].
  • legume is a type of shelf-stable food[4].
  • legume's Commons category is recorded as Legumes[5].
  • legume's said to be the same as is recorded as cereal legume[6].
  • legume's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Legumes[7].
  • legume's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[8].
  • legume's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • legume's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • legume's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[11].
  • legume's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[12].
  • legume's different from is recorded as bean[13].
  • legume's different from is recorded as legume[14].
  • legume's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • legume's water footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+4055'}[16].
  • legume's water footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q116063719', 'amount': '+1.19'}[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include crop[2], food[3], and shelf-stable food[4].

Influence

Things named for legume include World Pulses Day[18], a world day[19], founded in 2019[20].

Why It Matters

legume ranks in the top 0.34% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,344 views/month, #263 of 77,819).[1] legume has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] legume is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for legume include World Pulses Day[18], a world day[19], founded in 2019[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
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    Different from bean, legume
    Described by source The Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge +2
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10330, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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