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PEAS |
Leguminous plants |
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BEANO |
Seeds of leguminous plants |
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SOPHORA |
A genus of leguminous plants. |
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CROTALARIA |
A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. |
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LOTUS |
A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. |
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PULSE |
Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc. |
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LEGUME |
The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines;
pulse. |
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WISTARIA |
A genus of climbing leguminous plants bearing long,
pendulous clusters of pale bluish flowers. |
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MIMOSA |
A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and
including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica). |
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ERYTHRINA |
A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics;
coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers. |
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PHASEOLUS |
A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean,
the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean. |
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HAEMATOXYLON |
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single
species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan. |
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PAPILIONACEOUS |
Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants
(Papilionaceae) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and
locust. |
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LEGUMIN |
An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a
characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing
plants. |
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GYMNOCLADUS |
A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee
tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee. |
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GALACTIN |
An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found
in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition
several sugars, including galactose. |
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LABLAB |
An East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants
related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean
(Dolichos Lablab). |
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SENNA |
The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia.
(C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but
nauseous cathartic medicine. |
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INDIGOFERA |
A genus of leguminous plants having many species,
mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp.
Indigofera tinctoria, and I. Anil. |
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STRING |
The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the
pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the
strings of beans. |
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COWPEA |
The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus
Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the
southern part of the United States. |
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TEPHROSIA |
A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly
found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North
American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name. |
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CASSIA |
A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of
many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of
several species furnish the senna used in medicine. |
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PEA |
A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed
of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.)
esp. those ... |
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CASEIN |
... found more or less abundantly in the seeds of
leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. ... |