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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A tribe of leguminous plants of the suborder Papilionaceæ, distinguished by racemose or fascicled flowers, usually from the axils, stamens diadelphous or nearly so, two-valved pods, pinnate leaves of three entire or lobed leaflets, each with a pair of stipels, and twining or prostrate habit.

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