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LEGUME FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
Synonyms:
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("legume family" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "legume family"):
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 ("legume family" is a member of...):
order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)
