leguminous plant

/ləˌgjumənəs plænt/

Other forms: leguminous plants

Definitions of leguminous plant

1. noun

   an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
   synonyms: legume

   types:

   Arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine

   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

   Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, chickpea, chickpea plant

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

   Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, cluster bean, guar

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

   Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant

   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

   wild pea

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

   Lens culinaris, lentil, lentil plant

   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

   Dolichos biflorus, Macrotyloma uniflorum, horse grain, horse gram, poor man's pulse

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

   crazy weed, crazyweed, locoweed

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

   bean, bean plant

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

   pea, pea plant

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

   sesbania

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

   vetch

   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

   Phaseolus aconitifolius, Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean

   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

   Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularis, adsuki bean, adzuki bean

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

   Phaseolus caracalla, Vigna caracalla, corkscrew flower, snail bean, snail flower, snail-flower, snailflower

   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

   Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata, golden gram, green gram, mung, mung bean

   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

   Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant

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

   Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, asparagus bean, yard-long bean

   South American bean having very long succulent pods

   Caley pea, Lathyrus hirsutus, rough pea, singletary pea, wild winterpea

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

   Lathyrus japonicus, Lathyrus maritimus, beach pea, sea pea

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

   Lathyrus palustris, marsh pea

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

   Lathyrus pratensis, common vetchling, meadow pea, yellow vetchling

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

   Lathyrus splendens, pride of California

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

   Lalthyrus tingitanus, Tangier pea, Tangier peavine

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

   Oxytropis lambertii, purple loco, purple locoweed

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

   bush bean

   a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports

   pole bean

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

   shell bean, shell bean plant

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

   Pisum sativum, common pea, garden pea, garden pea plant

   plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried

   Pisum sativum macrocarpon, edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea

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

   Austrian winter pea, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field pea, field-pea plant

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

   Colorado River hemp, Sesbania exaltata

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

   tare

   any of several weedy vetches grown for forage

   Calnada pea, Vicia cracca, bird vetch, tufted vetch

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

   Vicia orobus, bitter betch

   European perennial toxic vetch

   Vicia sativa, spring vetch

   herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building

   Vicia sepium, bush vetch

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

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

   climber

   a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants