Fabaceae (Noun)
Meaning
A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The pea and bean plants are part of the Fabaceae, a family of legumes that is extremely diverse and important for global food production.
- Fabaceae, which make up one of the largest families of angiosperms, can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
- After researching the plant's ovary and seed development, botanists concluded that it belongs to the Fabaceae family due to its distinctive features.
- The order of the Fabaceae largely include a lot of trees and shrubs, especially in warm and tropical regions, whose seeds are often capable of fixing nitrogen.
- Legumes that fall under Fabaceae are considered an environmentally beneficial family of plants since some species contain nodules for fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere.