pea family

pea family

n. A large family of plants, the Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), characterized by stipulate, usually compound leaves and often bilaterally symmetrical flowers that develop into pods, and including alfalfa, beans, clovers, peas, and soybeans. Many species contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules.

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pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; PapilionaceaeFabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosaerosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantslegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family LeguminosaeArachis, genus Arachis - a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)Brya, genus Brya - genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwoodCentrolobium, genus Centrolobium - a genus of CentrolobiumCoumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx - tropical American trees: tonka beansgenus Hymenaea, Hymenaea - genus of tropical American timber treesgenus Melilotus - Old World herbs: the sweet cloversgenus Swainsona, Swainsona - a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peasgenus Trifolium, Trifolium - any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leafletsfamily Mimosaceae, Mimosaceae - family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family LeguminosaeMimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceaegenus Physostigma, Physostigma - African woody vines: calabar beansCaesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae - spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family LeguminosaeCaesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceaelocust tree, locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosaegenus Tamarindus, Tamarindus - widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africafamily Papilionacea, Papilionaceae - leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family LeguminosaePapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceaewild pea - any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vinesbean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and podsorder Rosales, Rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae