legume family, n.
a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
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Fabaceae Leguminosae family Fabaceae family Leguminosae legume family pea family
semantic pointers
hypernym
member holonym
member meronym
legume, leguminous plant
Arachis, genus Arachis
Brya, genus Brya
Centrolobium, genus Centrolobium
Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Dipteryx
Hymenaea, genus Hymenaea
genus Melilotus
Swainsona, genus Swainsona
Trifolium, genus Trifolium
Mimosaceae, family Mimosaceae
Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae
Physostigma, genus Physostigma
Caesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae
Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae
locust tree, locust
Tamarindus, genus Tamarindus
Papilionaceae, family Papilionacea
Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae
wild pea
bean, bean plant