leguminosae
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1. a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae (noun.plant)
| member holonym | : | legume, leguminous plant, |
| definition | : | an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | arachis, genus arachis, |
| definition | : | a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut) (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | brya, genus brya, |
| definition | : | genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus melilotus, |
| definition | : | Old World herbs: the sweet clovers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus swainsona, swainsona, |
| definition | : | a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus trifolium, trifolium, |
| definition | : | any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | family mimosaceae, mimosaceae, |
| definition | : | family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | caesalpiniaceae, family caesalpiniaceae, |
| definition | : | spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | locust, locust tree, |
| definition | : | any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | family papilionacea, papilionaceae, |
| definition | : | leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | wild pea, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | bean, bean plant, |
| definition | : | any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | order rosales, rosales, |
| definition | : | in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
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