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Definition of Fabaceae
1. Noun. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Member holonyms: Legume, Leguminous Plant, Arachis, Genus Arachis, Brya, Genus Brya, Centrolobium, Genus Centrolobium, Coumarouna, Dipteryx, Genus Coumarouna, Genus Dipteryx, Genus Hymenaea, Hymenaea, Genus Melilotus, Genus Swainsona, Swainsona, Genus Trifolium, Trifolium, Family Mimosaceae, Mimosaceae, Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae, Genus Physostigma, Physostigma, Caesalpiniaceae, Family Caesalpiniaceae, Caesalpinioideae, Subfamily Caesalpinioideae, Locust, Locust Tree, Genus Tamarindus, Tamarindus, Family Papilionacea, Papilionaceae, Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae, Wild Pea, Bean, Bean Plant
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fabaceae
Literary usage of Fabaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cover Crops in West Africa: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture by Daniel Buckles (1998)
"(fabaceae), and provides new data on its phytochemistry, toxicology, ...
( fabaceae ), et présentent de nouvelles données sur sa phytochimie, sa toxicologie ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"fabaceae Reichenb. Consp. 149. 1828. PEA FAMILY. Herbs, shrubs, vines or trees,
with alternate mostly compound stipulate leaves, and irregular ..."
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