• Ephera
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    243 months ago

    It is French for vegetables (“les légumes”), but the English meaning is somewhat different. It’s basically lentils, beans, peanuts, chickpeas and such: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume

    Sometimes, they’re also referred to as “pulses”.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      last time I called them pulses my coworkers though I was talking about something sexual. legumes it is.