单词 | leguminous plant |
释义 | leguminous plant (once / 41183 pages) n WORD FAMILY leguminous plant: leguminous plants USAGE EXAMPLESWhile researching evolution and microbial ecology, she investigated the association between leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Forbes(Nov 04, 2014) So, many of the leguminous plants are underperforming in the field. Nature(Mar 28, 2012) Galega officinalis.—A strong-growing leguminous plant, 2 to 5 ft. high, with pinnate leaves, and masses of pinkish purple pea-like flowers. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) n an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae Syn|Hypo|Hyper legume Arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea, chickpea plantAsiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, cluster bean, guardrought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean planterect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia wild peaany of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines Lens culinaris, lentil, lentil plantwidely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder Dolichos biflorus, Macrotyloma uniflorum, horse grain, horse gram, poor man's pulsetwining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos crazy weed, crazyweed, locoweedany of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock bean, bean plantany of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods pea, pea planta leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds sesbaniaany of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers vetchany of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants Phaseolus aconitifolius, Vigna aconitifolia, moth beanEast Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularis, adsuki bean, adzuki beanbushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds Phaseolus caracalla, Vigna caracalla, corkscrew flower, snail bean, snail flower, snail-flower, snailflowerperennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata, golden gram, green gram, mung, mung beanerect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plantsprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, asparagus bean, yard-long beanSouth American bean having very long succulent pods Caley pea, Lathyrus hirsutus, rough pea, singletary pea, wild winterpeaa weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop Lathyrus japonicus, Lathyrus maritimus, beach pea, sea peawild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder Lathyrus palustris, marsh peascrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers Lathyrus pratensis, common vetchling, meadow pea, yellow vetchlingscrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage Lathyrus splendens, pride of Californiashrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental Lalthyrus tingitanus, Tangier pea, Tangier peavineNorth African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers Oxytropis lambertii, purple loco, purple locoweedtufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers bush beana bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports pole beana climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis shell bean, shell bean planta bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod Pisum sativum, common pea, garden pea, garden pea plantplant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried Pisum sativum macrocarpon, edible-pod pea, edible-podded peaa variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea Austrian winter pea, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field pea, field-pea plantvariety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage Colorado River hemp, Sesbania exaltatatall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage tareany of several weedy vetches grown for forage Calnada pea, Vicia cracca, bird vetch, tufted vetchcommon perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers Vicia orobus, bitter betchEuropean perennial toxic vetch Vicia sativa, spring vetchherbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building Vicia sepium, bush vetchEuropean purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests climbera vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants |
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