fabaceae
Noun
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A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods;
Divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae;
Mimosaceae;
Papilionaceae (synset 111767245)is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsmember holonym:- legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
- arachis, genus arachis - a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
- brya, genus brya - genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood
- centrolobium, genus centrolobium - a genus of Centrolobium
- coumarouna, dipteryx, genus coumarouna, genus dipteryx - tropical American trees: tonka beans
- genus hymenaea, hymenaea - genus of tropical American timber trees
- genus melilotus - Old World herbs: the sweet clovers
- genus swainsona, swainsona - a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
- genus trifolium, trifolium - any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
- family mimosaceae, mimosaceae - family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
- mimosoideae, subfamily mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
- genus physostigma, physostigma - African woody vines: calabar beans
- caesalpiniaceae, family caesalpiniaceae - spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
- caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
- locust, locust tree - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
- genus tamarindus, tamarindus - widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
- family papilionacea, papilionaceae - leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
- papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
- wild pea - any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines
- bean, bean plant - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
belongs to: order rosales, rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
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