FABACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fabaceae mean? 

• FABACEAE (noun)
  The noun FABACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae

  Familiarity information: FABACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FABACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family

Hypernyms ("Fabaceae" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Fabaceae"):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

bean; bean plant (any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods)

wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

family Papilionacea; Papilionaceae (leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae)

genus Tamarindus; Tamarindus (widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa)

locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)

Caesalpiniaceae; family Caesalpiniaceae (spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae)

genus Physostigma; Physostigma (African woody vines: calabar beans)

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)

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)

genus Trifolium; Trifolium (any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets)

genus Swainsona; Swainsona (a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas)

genus Melilotus (Old World herbs: the sweet clovers)

genus Hymenaea; Hymenaea (genus of tropical American timber trees)

Coumarouna; Dipteryx; genus Coumarouna; genus Dipteryx (tropical American trees: tonka beans)

Centrolobium; genus Centrolobium (a genus of Centrolobium)

Brya; genus Brya (genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood)

Arachis; genus Arachis (a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut))

Holonyms ("Fabaceae" is a member of...):

order Rosales; Rosales (in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae)

 Context examples 

A class of polyphenolic compounds derived from the Fabaceae family with potential phytoestrogenic, cholesterol-reducing, chemotherapeutic and antioxidant activity.

(Isoflavone, NCI Thesaurus)

The plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for human food or animal feed, including the genus Phaseolus (common bean and runner bean), and Vigna.

(Bean, NCI Thesaurus)