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FABACEOUS

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fa⋅ba⋅ceous

  [fuh-bey-shuhs]
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–adjective
belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
Compare legume family.

Origin:
1720–30; < NL Fabace(ae) (Fab(a) the type genus (L: bean) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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