pea family

pea family

n.

A large and widespread family of plants, the Leguminosae (Fabaceae), characterized by stipulate, usually compound leaves, often bilaterally symmetrical flowers, and legume fruits and including important food plants such as beans, peas, and soybeans.

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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; Papilionaceae Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae Arachis, 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 hardwood Centrolobium, genus Centrolobium - a genus of Centrolobium Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx - tropical American trees: tonka beans genus Hymenaea, Hymenaea - genus of tropical American timber trees genus Melilotus - Old World herbs: the sweet clovers genus Swainsona, Swainsona - a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas genus Trifolium, Trifolium - any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets family 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 Leguminosae Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae genus Physostigma, Physostigma - African woody vines: calabar beans Caesalpiniaceae, family Caesalpiniaceae - spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae locust tree, locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae genus Tamarindus, Tamarindus - widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa family Papilionacea, Papilionaceae - leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae wild pea - any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines bean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods order Rosales, Rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae