Definition of "leguminosae" [leguminosae]

• A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The country around is covered with bushes and trees of a kind of leguminosae, with lilac flowers."
• "Understorey contains ferns (including tree fern Dicksonia selowiana), piperaceae, leguminosae, mirtaceae and bamboos."
• "Most belong to the leguminosae superfamily, many of which are associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and various species of ants."