The FoodOn Food Ontology

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Preferred Name

pod or seed vegetable plant
Synonyms
Definitions

A legume is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family *Fabaceae* (or *Leguminosae*). Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their grain seed called pulse, for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, chickpeas, lentils, lupin bean, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts and tamarind. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume]
ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03411156
database_cross_reference

http://www.langual.org/langual_thesaurus.asp?termid=B1156

http://eol.org/pages/4277
has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000428
has synonym

fabaceae
label

pod or seed vegetable plant
prefixIRI

FOODON:03411156
prefLabel

pod or seed vegetable plant
textual definition

A legume is a plant or its fruit or seed in the family *Fabaceae* (or *Leguminosae*). Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their grain seed called pulse, for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, chickpeas, lentils, lupin bean, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts and tamarind. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume]
subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03411057
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