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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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Lupine, a group of annual and perennial plants that grow chiefly on the Great Plains of North America. See more »
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Locust
Locust, the common name for a number of trees and shrubs related to the carob. The black locust of the southern Appalachians is widely grown as an ornamental in the eastern United States and Europe.
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Logwood, a thorny tree of Mexico and Central America. It grows 20 to 45 feet (6 to 14 m) high and has crooked, thorny branches.
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Lupine, a group of annual and perennial plants that grow chiefly on the Great Plains of North America.
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Mesquite, any of several species of thorny trees and shrubs. Mesquites grow from the southwestern United States to Argentina and Chile.
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Pea, a leguminous plant with small, round, edible seeds. The seeds, called peas, are borne in crescent-shaped pods, which also may be edible.
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Peanut, an annual plant of the legume family. Its edible seeds also are called peanuts.
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Poinciana, a flowering tree or shrub of warm regions. It has many feathery leaflets and showy, five-petaled blossoms with protruding red stamens.
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Redbud, or Judas Tree, a beautiful flowering tree that is said to blush because Judas chose it as the tree on which to hang himself.
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Rosewood, the wood obtained from a tree native to Brazil and from related trees in Central America, India, and Africa.
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Senna, a laxative made from the leaves of certain species of cassia plants. The chief sources are the Alexandria senna, native to Egypt, and the Tinnevelly senna, native to Arabia but widely grown in India.
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Sensitive Plant, a perennial plant native to Brazil. It is a hairy plant with leaves made up of many individual oval leaflets.
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Soybean, an annual, leguminous plant. The soybeanalso called soja and stock peais one of the leading farm crops of the United States.
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Sweet Pea, an annual plant grown for its fragrant, colorful blossoms. It is native to Italy and has been cultivated for almost 300 years.
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Tamarind, an evergreen tree found in almost all tropical regions of the world. In the United States, it is grown only in southern Florida, primarily as a shade tree.
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Trefoil, the name given to several members of the pea family that have leaves divided into three parts.
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Wisteria, or Wistaria, a woody, climbing vine grown for its showy flower clusters.
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