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Legumes produce their fruit as a pod and generally possess nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules on their roots. Because of those bacteria, legumes increase soil's nitrogen content. Some examples of legumes are soybeans, peas and alfalfa.
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Kudzu, a perennial, woody, sprawling vine native to China and Japan. The stems, which may grow more than 100 feet (30 m) long, put down deep, tuberous roots at intervals as they spread, thus forming a network of stems and roots that resists erosion. See more »
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Acacia
Acacia, a tree or shrub found in dry tropical or subtropical areas. There are more than 800 species.
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Alfalfa, or Lucerne, a plant of the pea family grown primarily for forage, especially as hay.
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Bean, the edible seed or pod of various plants of the pea family. One of the most nourishing of all vegetables, the bean is a source of proteins and carbohydrates.
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Bluebonnet, a name given to several different kinds of plants with blue flowers. The plant most commonly called a bluebonnet is a small annual prairie wildflower that is the state flower of Texas.
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Broom, one of a group of ornamental shrubs of the pea family. Brooms have dense clusters of yellow flowers and produce small, flat pods containing the fruit.
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Chick-pea, an Asiatic herb of the pea family. It produces inflated pods containing one or two wrinkled, pealike seeds.
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Clianthus, a genus of evergreen shrubs grown for their clusters of scarlet flowers.
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Clover, a valuable group of plants of the legume (pea) family. The true clovers are plants with compound leavesusually with three leaflets, but occasionally having four or more.
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Cowpea, or Black-eyed Pea, a tropical herb with beanlike seeds. Cowpeas have three leaflets.
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Honey Locust, an ornamental tree of eastern North America. It is known also as the sweet locust and, in Great Britain, as the three-thorned acacia.
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I am a cartoon nut. I've noticed that a fair number of cartoons feature "Mexican jumping beans." For example, Speedy Gonzalez is trying to outwit a foe and uses Mexican jumping beans to escape. What I want to know is: Are Mexican jumping beans for r
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Indigo, a blue dye. It is contained in the leaves and twigs of several kinds of plants, particularly the indigo plant of southern Asia.
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Kudzu, a perennial, woody, sprawling vine native to China and Japan. The stems, which may grow more than 100 feet (30 m) long, put down deep, tuberous roots at intervals as they spread, thus forming a network of stems and roots that resists erosion.
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Laburnum, a group of hardy ornamental shrubs and trees native to southern Europe and western Asia.
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Leguminous Plants, or Legumes, or Pulses, plants that bear fruits in the form of a pod that splits along two seams, to one of which the seeds are attached.
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Lentil, a small plant of southern Europe, related to the pea. Lentils are little cultivated in North America, but in southern Europe and the Middle East their seeds, also called lentils, are an important food.
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Licorice, or Liquorice, a perennial plant native to southern Europe and central and western Asia.
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Locoweed, the common name of a number of different plants that poison sheep, cattle, and horses on the Great Plains.
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