legume family

legume family

n. The pea family.

leg′ume fam`ily

n. a widespread family, Leguminosae, of trees, shrubs, vines, and nonwoody plants having clusters of irregular flowers with joined petals, fruit in the form of a pod that splits along both sides, and, usually, root nodules that harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria: includes peas, beans, alfalfa, clover, peanuts, acacia, and mimosa.

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legume family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; PapilionaceaeFabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, Leguminosae, pea familyrosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantslegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family LeguminosaeArachis, genus Arachis - a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)Brya, genus Brya - genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwoodCentrolobium, genus Centrolobium - a genus of CentrolobiumCoumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx - tropical American trees: tonka beansgenus Hymenaea, Hymenaea - genus of tropical American timber treesgenus Melilotus - Old World herbs: the sweet cloversgenus Swainsona, Swainsona - a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peasgenus Trifolium, Trifolium - any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leafletsfamily 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 LeguminosaeMimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceaegenus Physostigma, Physostigma - African woody vines: calabar beansCaesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae - spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family LeguminosaeCaesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceaelocust tree, locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosaegenus Tamarindus, Tamarindus - widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africafamily Papilionacea, Papilionaceae - leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family LeguminosaePapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceaewild pea - any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vinesbean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and podsorder Rosales, Rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae