Leguminosae

noun

a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae

• Syn: ↑family Leguminosae, ↑Fabaceae, ↑family Fabaceae, ↑legume family, ↑pea 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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\\lə̇ˌgyüməˈnō(ˌ)sē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from feminine plural of leguminosus leguminous

: a very large family of dicotyledonous plants (order Rosales) that includes herbs, shrubs, trees, and climbers usually with highly irregular flowers, with a fruit which is a legume or loment, and commonly with root nodules containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria and that is divided into several subfamilies which in many classifications are considered separate families

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Legūminōˈsae /-sē/ plural noun

An order of angiosperms characterized by the legume or seed pod, including Papilionaceae, Mimosaceae, and Caesalpiniaceae

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Main Entry: ↑legume