The Story of the Fascinating Legume
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The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader BEAN THERE, DONE THAT What exactly is a legume? Most people would probably answer that a legume is a bean. And they’d be right—but that’s just one part of the legume story. To be precise, a legume is a plant in the botanical family Leguminosae (also known as Fabaceae). That []
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The Story of the Fascinating Legume
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