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Definition of Family 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 Family Fabaceae
Literary usage of Family Fabaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Herb, 1 to 2 feet high; native in woods and thickets from British America to
Cytisus scoparius (L. ) Link. Pea family (Fabaceae). Synonym. ..."
2. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"The bean belongs to the family Fabaceae. It is a native of America and has been
cultivated from the earliest times. There are many different varieties of ..."
3. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"Certain bacteria, chiefly parasitic in the roots of plants of the bean
family (Fabaceae), are capable, when supplied with carbohydrates and the necessary ..."
4. The Useful plants of the island of Guam: With an Introductory Account of the by William Edwin Safford (1905)
"family Fabaceae. A plant growing in marshy places, with papilionaceous flowers
and pinnately n impound leaves. Stems herbaceous, erect ; leaves odd-pinnate; ..."
5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"Food: Peas and other seeds of plants belonging to the Bean family (Fabaceae),
and also Turnip tops, Corn, &c. The sexes are similar, but the young, ..."
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