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    LEGUMINOSAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Leguminosae" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Leguminosae"):

    bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)

    wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)

    Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

    family Papilionacea; Papilionaceae (leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae)

    genus Tamarindus; Tamarindus (widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa)

    locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)

    Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)

    Caesalpiniaceae; family Caesalpiniaceae (spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae)

    genus Physostigma; Physostigma (African woody vines: calabar beans)

    Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)

    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)

    genus Trifolium; Trifolium (any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets)

    genus Swainsona; Swainsona (a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas)

    genus Melilotus (Old World herbs: the sweet clovers)

    genus Hymenaea; Hymenaea (genus of tropical American timber trees)

    Coumarouna; Dipteryx; genus Coumarouna; genus Dipteryx (tropical American trees: tonka beans)

    Centrolobium; genus Centrolobium (a genus of Centrolobium)

    Brya; genus Brya (genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood)

    Arachis; genus Arachis (a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut))

    legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

    Holonyms ("Leguminosae" is a member of...):

    order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)

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