"What may be described as ""a leguminous plant bearing pods that ripen underground, and contain seeds used for food and oil""?"
Oil mill Oil mill An oil mill is a grinding mill designed to crush or bruise oil-bearing seeds, such as linseed or peanuts, or other oil-rich vegetable material, such as olives or the fruit of the oil palm, which can then be pressed to extract vegetable oils, which may used as foods or for cooking, as oleochemical feedstocks, as lubricants, or as biofuels. The pomace or press cake - the remaining solid material from which the oil has been extracted - may also be used as a food or fertilizer. Oil-rich vegetable materials have been processed mechanically to extract the valuable oils
Agriculture classification of crops Important source of human food - next to the cereals. The term pulse is used for the seeds of leguminous plants. Pulses supply proteins and form chief source in vegetarian food. Leguminous plants fix nitrogen in root nodules - produced with the help of nitrogen fixing bacteria. Seeds, pods, leaves and the shoots also contain a high proportion of protein e.g. Red gram, black gram, green gram. Important both for consumption and industrial purposes. In the human diet, the fat portion is supplied by oils, which give the necessary energy for metabolism, besides adding taste to the food. Medicinal Value