noun
a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
• Syn: ↑Leguminosae, ↑family Leguminosae, ↑Fabaceae, ↑family Fabaceae, ↑legume family
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales
• Member Meronyms:
↑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
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pea family,
one of the largest of all plant families, containing dicotyledonous plants of great variety and wide distribution, characterized by having a legume as the fruit; the legumes. The family includes ornamentals such as the lupine and wisteria, and many plants of great economic importance such as the pea, peanut, bean, indigo, clover, and licorice.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.