fabaceous

Definitions

1. Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.
2. Belonging to the taxonomic family Fabaceae.

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Examples

“The fabaceous plants rank second only to the grasses in value as ministrants to the economy of animal life, for they produce⟳ food for man and beast in vast abundance, and generally speaking, the aliments derived from this family are of the highest character in point⟳ of nourishing power, all of them contributing largely to the nourishment, not only of the muscular and bony framework, but in a peculiar degree also to the nervous system, owing to their richness in nitrogen and salts of phosphorus. In a majority of cases the fabaceous or leguminous plants have⟳ pinnated leaves, that is to say⟳, each separate⟳ leaf consists of a series of symmetrical divisions united by a common stem.”

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