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Canavalia

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n.1.a genus of herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics.
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Noun1.Canavalia - herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics
genus Canavalia
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
Canavalia ensiformis, giant stock bean, jack bean, wonder bean - annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
Canavalia gladiata, sword bean - twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
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Several species of wild and underutilized legumes, such as Sesbania, Mucuna and Canavalia, possess strong nutritional and pharmaceutical value.
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Bioinformatics analyses The lectin sequences from Maackia amurensis (NCBI Entry AAB39934), Ulex europaeus (NCBI Entry AF190633), Lens culinaris (NCBI Entry AAY21161), Vicia faba (NCBI Entry CAD27436), Arachis hypogaea (NCBI Entry AY431029) and Canavalia ensiformis (NCBI Entry AF308777) were acquired from the GenBank database.
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