canavalia
Noun
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Herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics (synset 112531551)
is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsmember holonym:
- canavalia ensiformis, giant stock bean, jack bean, wonder bean - annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
- canavalia gladiata, sword bean - twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
belongs to: papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceaesame as: genus canavalia
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