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Meanings of Leguminosae in English
A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.
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Usage of Leguminosae in English
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Smithia sensitiva.-Thisplant belongs to a distinct sub-order of the Leguminosae from Cassia.
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Next to the Leguminosae come the Malvaceae, together with some closely allied families.
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This tree belongs to the natural order Leguminosae, sub-order Papilionaceae.
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Trifolium arvense (Leguminosae).-Theexcessively small flowers are incessantly visited by hive and humble-bees
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Cytisus fragrans (Leguminosae).-Onlya few observations were made on this plant.
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Lupinus speciosus (Leguminosae).-Plantswere raised from seed purchased under this name.
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Among them are numerous Leguminosae-oneof the most striking, the fava, having a colossal pod.
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Lathyrus grandiflorus (Leguminosae).-Isin this country more or less sterile.
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ACACIA, a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the family Leguminosae and the sub-family Mimoseae.
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Mimosa pudica (Leguminosae).-Thecotyledons rise up vertically at night, so as to close together.
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I want seeds of three or four plants (not Leguminosae or Cruciferae) which produce large cotyledons.
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Orchids and Leguminosae are scarce in islets, because the necessary fertilising insects have not migrated with the plants.
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In the Leguminosae all the cotyledons which sleep, as far as we have seen, are provided with pulvini.
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At night the two halves rise up and close completely together, like the opposite leaflets of many Leguminosae.
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Vicia sativa (Leguminosae).-Protectedand unprotected plants produced an equal number of pods and equally fine seeds.
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Lathyrus nissolia (Leguminosae).-Thisplant was selected for observation from being an abnormal form with grass-likeleaves.
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