Fabaceae

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fabaceae \Fabaceae\ prop. n.
     A large natural family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs
     bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the
     subfamilies {Caesalpiniacea}; {Mimosaceae}; {Papilionaceae}.
  
     Syn: Leguminosae, family {Leguminosae}, family {Fabaceae},


          legume family, pea family.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Fabaceae
       n : 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}, {family Fabaceae}, {legume family},
            {pea family}]