Fabaceae

Fabaceae
noun
a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales
• Member Meronyms:

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\\fəˈbāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Faba, type genus + -aceae
in some classifications : a large nearly cosmopolitan family that comprises the peas, beans, and related herbaceous or woody plants with pealike flowers and a legume as fruit and that is now usually included in the family Leguminosae

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  • Fabaceae — Fabacées …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fabaceae — n. a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies {Caesalpiniacea}; {Mimosaceae}; {Papilionaceae}. Syn: Leguminosae, family {Leguminosae}, family {Fabaceae}, legume family, pea… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fabacĕae — Fabacĕae, im Reichenbachschen Systeme zweite Gruppe der Leguminosen mit den Unterabtheilungen Vicieae, Phaseoleae u. Glycineae …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Fabaceae — Fabacées …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fabaceae — Taxobox name = Legumes image caption = Kudzu regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae familia authority = Lindl. subdivision ranks = Subfamilies subdivision = Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae… …   Wikipedia

  • Fabaceae —   Fabáceas (Leguminosas) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Fabaceae — Hülsenfrüchtler Zottige Wicke (Vicia villosa), Blüten und unreife Hülse Systematik …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fabaceae — ▪ plant family also called  Leguminosae    pea family of flowering plants (angiosperms (angiosperm)), within the order Fabales. Fabaceae, which is the third largest family among the angiosperms after Orchidaceae ( orchid family) and Asteraceae… …   Universalium

  • Fabaceae — Hülsenfrüchte; Leguminose; Leguminosae (fachsprachlich); Hülsenfrüchtler * * * Fabaceae   [zu lateinisch faba »Bohne«], wissenschaftlicher Name der Schmetterlingsblütler …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Fabaceae — …   Википедия

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