legume family

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legume family - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  legume family
      n 1: a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing
           bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies
           Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae [syn:
           Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae
           , legume family, pea family]