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legoglobin

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leg⋅o⋅glo⋅bin

[leg-uh-gloh-bin]
–noun Biochemistry.
leghemoglobin.

leg⋅he⋅mo⋅glo⋅bin

[leg-hee-muh-gloh-bin, -hem-uh-]
–noun Biochemistry.
a hemoglobinlike red pigment in the root nodules of leguminous plants, as soybean, that is essential for nitrogen fixation.
Also called legoglobin.


Origin:
1965–70; leg(ume) + hemoglobin
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Main Entry: leg·he·mo·glo·bin
Variant: or chiefly British leg·hae·mo·glo·bin /'leg-'hE-m&-"glO-b&n/
Function: noun
: a plant hemoglobin found in the root nodules of legumes and reported to function as an oxygen-carrying pigment in symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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