| NOUN | plant | genus Canavalia, Canavalia | herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics |
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| Meaning | herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics. | |
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| Synonym | Canavalia | |
| Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
| Members | jack bean, wonder bean, giant stock bean, Canavalia ensiformis | Annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage |
| sword bean, Canavalia gladiata | Twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans | |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | canavalia, genus canavalia | |
| Catalan | canavalia, genus canavalia | |
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