English > legume family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae. |
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| Synonyms | Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, pea family |
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| Member of | Rosales, order Rosales | In some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae |
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| Members | Arachis, genus Arachis | A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut) |
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| Brya, genus Brya | genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region |
| Caesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae | Spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia |
| Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae | Alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae |
| Centrolobium, genus Centrolobium | A genus of Centrolobium |
| Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Dipteryx | Tropical American trees |
| Hymenaea, genus Hymenaea | genus of tropical American timber trees |
| Mimosaceae, family Mimosaceae | family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch |
| Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae |
| Papilionaceae, family Papilionacea | leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas |
| Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
| Physostigma, genus Physostigma | (African woody vines) calabar beans |
| Swainsona, genus Swainsona | A genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs |
| Tamarindus, genus Tamarindus | Widely cultivated tropical trees originally / originally of Africa |
| Trifolium, genus Trifolium | Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets |
| bean, bean plant | Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods |
| genus Melilotus | (Old World herbs) the sweet clovers |
| legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
| locust tree, locust | Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae |
| wild pea | Any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines |
| Broader | rosid dicot family | A family of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | fabáceas, Leguminosae |
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| Catalan | Fabaceae, fabàcies, lleguminosa |
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