leguminous plant

leguminous plant
noun
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
• Syn: ↑legume
• Derivationally related forms: ↑leguminous (for: ↑legume)
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant, ↑climber
• Hyponyms:
↑peanut, ↑peanut vine, ↑Arachis hypogaea, ↑chickpea, ↑chickpea plant, ↑Egyptian pea, ↑Cicer arietinum, ↑guar, ↑cluster bean, ↑Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, ↑Cyamopsis psoraloides, ↑soy, ↑soya, ↑soybean, ↑soya bean, ↑soybean plant, ↑soja, ↑soja bean, ↑Glycine max, ↑wild pea, ↑lentil, ↑lentil plant, ↑Lens culinaris, ↑horse gram, ↑horse grain, ↑poor man's pulse, ↑Macrotyloma uniflorum, ↑Dolichos biflorus, ↑locoweed, ↑crazyweed, ↑crazy weed, ↑bean, ↑bean plant, ↑pea, ↑pea plant, ↑sesbania, ↑vetch, ↑moth bean, ↑Vigna aconitifolia, ↑Phaseolus aconitifolius, ↑adzuki bean, ↑adsuki bean, ↑Vigna angularis, ↑Phaseolus angularis, ↑snailflower, ↑snail-flower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail bean, ↑corkscrew flower, ↑Vigna caracalla, ↑Phaseolus caracalla, ↑mung, ↑mung bean, ↑green gram, ↑golden gram, ↑Vigna radiata, ↑Phaseolus aureus, ↑cowpea, ↑cowpea plant, ↑black-eyed pea, ↑Vigna unguiculata, ↑Vigna sinensis, ↑asparagus bean, ↑yard-long bean, ↑Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, ↑Vigna sesquipedalis
• Part Meronyms: ↑legume

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