Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

A pea or bean crop grown for animal and human food

the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas or beans.

Edible seeds, often dried, of leguminous plants such as peas, beans, lentils, and chick peas.

edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)

an edible seed that grows in a pod

Pulses are defined by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as annual leguminous crops yielding from one to twelve grains or seeds of variable size, shape and color within a pod. Pulses are used for food and animal feed.