family Leguminosae

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family Leguminosae - 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, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family

Arachis, bean, bean plant, Brya, Caesalpiniaceae, Caesalpinioideae, Centrolobium, Coumarouna, Dipteryx, Fabaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae, family Fabaceae, family Mimosaceae, family Papilionacea, genus Arachis, genus Brya, genus Centrolobium, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx, genus Hymenaea, genus Melilotus, genus Physostigma, genus Swainsona, genus Tamarindus, genus Trifolium, Hymenaea, legume, legume family, Leguminosae, leguminous plant, locust, locust tree, Mimosaceae, Mimosoideae, order Rosales, Papilionaceae, Papilionoideae, pea family, Physostigma, Rosales, rosid dicot family, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Mimosoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae, Swainsona, Tamarindus, Trifolium, wild pea