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Definition of Canavalia
1. Noun. Herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Canavalia Ensiformis, Giant Stock Bean, Jack Bean, Wonder Bean, Canavalia Gladiata, Sword Bean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canavalia
Literary usage of Canavalia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"Illustrated by the Leguminous genera, Erythrina, canavalia, ... III HERE we have
three genera of the Leguminosae, namely, Erythrina, canavalia, and Sophora, ..."
2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"... subtropical species of canavalia yield edible seeds, the most important being C.
ensiformis DC. and ... T-,. , ,- ,, (canavalia ensi- hour-glass cells, ..."
3. Punjab Plants: Comprising Botanical and Vernacular Names, and Uses of Most by John Lindsay Stewart (1869)
"canavalia GLADIATA. DC. Vernacular. sem. A kind of bean cultivated in gardens,
for its unripe pod as well as its seed. CARAGANA PYGM.XA. DC. (VERSICOLOR. ..."
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