1. a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae

(synonym) Leguminosae , family Leguminosae , family Fabaceae , legume family , pea family

(hypernym) rosid dicot family

(member-holonym) Rosales , order Rosales

(member-meronym) legume , leguminous plant