Leguminosae

Noun

Meaning

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

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He specialized in seedling development, and in 1679, he published a volume containing a series of exquisitely drawn and engraved images of the stages of development of Leguminosae (beans) and Cucurbitaceae (squash, melons). Source: Internet

The Cordillera del Bálsamo is named after the Myroxylon balsamum tree, one of two species of Central American and South American trees in the Fabaceae family (Leguminosae). Source: Internet

The African and American ( Colombia ) copals from Leguminosae trees family (genus Hymenaea ). Source: Internet

A legume is a plant in the Fabaceae or Leguminosae family. Source: Internet

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