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legume family

noun

the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.

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Nearby words

  1. legree,
  2. legree, simon,
  3. legroom,
  4. leguaan,
  5. legume,
  6. legumin,
  7. leguminous,
  8. leguía,
  9. leguía, augusto bernardino,
  10. legwarmer
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