papilionaceae

English Thesaurus

1. leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot family,
definition	:	a family of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea family,
definition	:	a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae (noun.plant)