How many syllables in legume?

There are 2 syllables in the word legume.

How to pronounce legume:

legume (noun):: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae.; the dry fruit of plants of the legume family (such as peas or beans) that develops from a single carpel of a flower and usually splits into two halves with seeds attached to the seam of one half pod entry 1 sense 1

adsuki bean

adzuki bean

arachis hypogaea

asparagus bean

bean

bean plant

black-eyed pea

chickpea

chickpea plant

cicer arietinum

climber

cluster bean

corkscrew flower

cowpea

cowpea plant

crazy weed

crazyweed

cyamopsis psoraloides

cyamopsis tetragonolobus

dolichos biflorus

egyptian pea

fabaceae

family fabaceae

family leguminosae

glycine max

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