leguminous plant

widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground

Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material

erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia

any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines

widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder

twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock

any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers

any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants

East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds

perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure

South American bean having very long succulent pods

a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop

wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder

scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers

scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage

shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental

North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers

tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers

a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports

a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis

a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod

plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried

a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea

variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage

tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage

any of several weedy vetches grown for forage

common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers

European perennial toxic vetch

herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building

European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges