WordNet
pea family
n. a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae [syn: Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family]
Usage examples of "pea family".
This, they declared, was a distinctive characteristic of the pea family.
Lotus here is a genus of the pea family and readily consumed by the natives for thousands of years, since it has a narcotic effect.