fabaceous

American  

[fuh-bey-shuhs] / fəˈbeɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.

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fabaceous British  

/ fəˈbeɪʃəs /

adjective

1. a less common term for leguminous

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Etymology

Origin of fabaceous

1720–30; < New Latin Fabace ( ae ) ( Fab ( a ) the type genus ( Latin: bean) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Example Sentences

Interspersed with them there are many which attain an enormous size, as in the case of a Hernanda, a Castanospermum, two fabaceous trees, and others of which neither flowers nor fruit were observed.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John