| legume |
Specifically, the "pea-pod" fruit of the family Fabaceae (old name: Leguminosae). A member of the Pea family. A plant which has flowers similar to those of a pea.
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| leg |
The distance sailed on one tack. The course from one mark to another
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| Legionnaires' disease |
An acute bacterial pneumonia caused by infection with Legionella pneumophila and characterized by an influenza-like illness followed within 1 week by high fever, chills, muscle aches, and headache. Symptoms may include dry cough, inflammation of the membrane covering the lungs (pleurisy), and sometimes diarrhea.
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| leg |
1: One part of a spread option. A trader, for example, buys a call option and combines it with another call option on the same underlying security that has the same strike price and a different expiration date. Each of the two options is a leg of the spread. Selling one of the legs is termed "Legging Out."
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| legal |
A person employed by a local, State, tribal, or Federal justice agency including law enforcement, courts, district attorney's office, probation or other community corrections agency, and correctional facilities.
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