Leguminosae

Definitions of Leguminosae
  1. noun
    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, pea family
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    type of:
    rosid dicot family
    a family of dicotyledonous plants
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