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leg•he•mo•glo•bin
Pronunciation: (leg-hē'mu-glō"bin, -hem'u-), [key]—
n. Biochem.
a hemoglobinlike red pigment in the root nodules of leguminous plants, as soybean, that is essential for nitrogen fixation. Also called
legoglobin. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.