#leguminous_plant__legume  an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
  supertype:  #herbaceous_plant__herb  a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  part:  #legume.seedpod
  member of:  #family_Leguminosae
  subtype:  #peanut_vine__peanut__Arachis_hypogaea  widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
  subtype:  #chickpea_plant__chickpea__Egyptian_pea__Cicer_arietinum  Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
  subtype:  #guar__cluster_bean__clusterbean__Cyamopsis_tetragonolobus__Cyamopsis_psoraloides  drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
  subtype:  #soya__soy__soybean__soya_bean__soybean_plant__soybeanplant__soja__soja_bean__Glycine_max__glycinemax  erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
  subtype:  #wild_pea  any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines
     subtype:  #singletary_pea__Caley_pea__rough_pea__roughpea__wild_winterpea__Lathyrus_hirsutus  week-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
     subtype:  #beach_pea__beachpea__sea_pea__Lathyrus_maritimus__Lathyrus_japonicus  wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
     subtype:  #marsh_pea__marshpea__Lathyrus_palustris  scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
     subtype:  #common_vetchling__meadow_pea__yellow_vetchling__Lathyrus_pratensis  scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
     subtype:  #pride_of_California__Lathyrus_splendens  shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
     subtype:  #Tangier_pea__Tangier_peavine__Lalthyrus_tingitanus  North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
  subtype:  #lentil_plant__lentil__Lens_culinaris  widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
  subtype:  #horse_gram__horsegram__horse_grain__horsegrain__poor_man's_pulse__Macrotyloma_uniflorum__Dolichos_biflorus  twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  subtype:  #locoweed__crazyweed__crazy_weed__crazyweed  any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
     subtype:  #purple_locoweed__purple_loco__Oxytropis_lambertii  tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers
  subtype:  #bean_plant__bean  any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
     subtype:  #carob_bean__carobbean__carob__algarroba_bean__algarrobabean__algarroba__locust_bean__locust_pod  long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute
     subtype:  #soyabean__soy__soybean  a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
     subtype:  #common_bean_plant__common_bean__Phaseolus_vulgaris  the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
        subtype:  #frijol__kidney_bean__frijole  the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
        subtype:  #green_bean.common_bean_plant__greenbean  a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
           subtype:  #haricot  a French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans
        subtype:  #wax_bean__waxbean  a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod
     subtype:  #Dutch_case-knife_bean__scarlet_runner__scarletrunner__scarlet_runner_bean__runner_bean__Phaseolus_coccineus__Phaseolus_multiflorus  tropical American high-climbing bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in G Britain
     subtype:  #shell_bean_plant__shell_bean__shellbean  a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
        subtype:  #lima_bean_plant__lima_bean__Phaseolus_limensis  bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
        subtype:  #sieva_bean__sievabean__butterbean__butter-bean_plant__lima_bean__Phaseolus_lunatus  bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
        subtype:  #tepary_bean__Phaseolus_acutifolius_latifolius  twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans
        subtype:  #broadbean__broad_bean__broadbean__broad-bean_plant__English_bean__European_bean__field_bean__fieldbean__Vicia_faba  Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
     subtype:  #horsebean__broad_bean__broadbean__fava_bean  seed of the broad-bean plant
  subtype:  #pea_plant__peaplant__pea  a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
     subtype:  #garden_pea_plant__garden_pea__common_pea__Pisum_sativum  plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
     subtype:  #edible-pod_pea__edible-podded_pea__Pisum_sativum_macrocarpon  a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea
        subtype:  #sugar_pea__sugarpea__snow_pea  variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods
        subtype:  #snap_pea__sugar_snap_pea  variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods
     subtype:  #field-pea_plant__field_pea__fieldpea__Austrian_winter_pea__Pisum_sativum_arvense__Pisum_arvense  variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
  subtype:  #sesbania  any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers
     subtype:  #Colorado_River_hemp__Sesbania_exaltata  tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage
  subtype:  #vetch  any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants
     subtype:  #tare.vetch  any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
        subtype:  #hairy_vetch__hairy_tare__hairytare__Vicia_villosa  European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
     subtype:  #tufted_vetch__bird_vetch__Calnada_pea__Vicia_cracca  common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
     subtype:  #bitter_betch__Vicia_orobus  European perennial toxic vetch
     subtype:  #spring_vetch__Vicia_sativa  herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
     subtype:  #bush_vetch__Vicia_sepium  European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges
  subtype:  #moth_bean__Vigna_aconitifolia__Phaseolus_aconitifolius  East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and soil-conditioning; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  subtype:  #adzuki_bean__adsuki_bean__Vigna_angularis__Phaseolus_angularis  bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
  subtype:  #snailflower__snail_flower__snailflower__snail_bean__snailbean__corkscrew_flower__corkscrewflower__Vigna_caracalla__Phaseolus_caracalla__phaseoluscaracalla  perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  subtype:  #mung_bean__mung__green_gram__greengram__golden_gram__Vigna_radiata__Phaseolus_aureus  erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  subtype:  #cowpea_plant__cowpea__black-eyed_pea__Vigna_unguiculata__Vigna_sinensis  sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
  subtype:  #asparagus_bean__asparagusbean__yard-long_bean__Vigna_unguiculata_sesquipedalis__Vigna_sesquipedalis  South American bean having very long succulent pods

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