Leguminous Plant (Noun)
Meaning
An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Many types of leguminous plants, including beans and lentils, are grown worldwide for their nutritious seeds.
- The tropics are home to vast numbers of leguminous plant species such as peanuts and licorice.
- Leguminous plants like soybeans fix nitrogen in the soil, benefiting other organisms that live in the ecosystem.
- The seed pods of leguminous plants split open when they are ripe, dispersing the seeds.
- Farmers have been cultivating leguminous plants for centuries, and today they are a staple crop in many countries.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Horse Gram
- Lens Culinaris
- Snail Flower
- Asparagus Bean
- Adzuki Bean
- Black-eyed Pea
- Pea
- Cowpea
- Soy
- Arachis Hypogaea
- Vetch
- Sesbania
- Phaseolus Caracalla
- Vigna Caracalla
- Vigna Radiata
- Soja
- Vigna Unguiculata
- Cyamopsis Psoraloides
- Mung
- Guar
- Dolichos Biflorus
- Egyptian Pea
- Poor Man's Pulse
- Peanut
- Wild Pea
- Soybean Plant
- Glycine Max
- Phaseolus Aconitifolius
- Soja Bean
- Soya Bean
- Vigna Unguiculata Sesquipedalis
- Snailflower
- Crazy Weed
- Cicer Arietinum
- Bean
- Cyamopsis Tetragonolobus
- Vigna Angularis
- Vigna Sesquipedalis
- Phaseolus Angularis
- Mung Bean Plant
- Macrotyloma Uniflorum
- Phaseolus Aureus
- Lentil
- Chickpea
- Soybean
- Moth Bean
- Locoweed
- Vigna Sinensis
- Snail Bean
- Corkscrew Flower