LEGHEMOGLOBIN


Meaning of LEGHEMOGLOBIN in English

/leg hee"meuh gloh'bin, -hem"euh-/ , n. Biochem.

a hemoglobinlike red pigment in the root nodules of leguminous plants, as soybean, that is essential for nitrogen fixation. Also called legoglobin .

[ 1965-70; LEG(UME) + HEMOGLOBIN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .