Definition of legume family Legume family
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| legume family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae | ||
| Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, pea family | ||
| rosid dicot family a family of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| order rosales, rosales in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae | ||
| leguminous plant, legume the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) | ||
| 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 tree, locust 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 | ||
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