noun
- A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.
- synonyms: Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, legume family, pea family
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