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phaseoloid

phaseoloid adjective: a clade within the subfamily Faboideae, the tropical legumes, comprising the genera Vigna, Phaseolus, Glycine, and Cajanus.

Adjective

phaseoloid (not comparable)

  1. A clade within the subfamily Faboideae, the tropical legumes, comprising the genera Vigna, Phaseolus, Glycine, and Cajanus.
    • The phaseoloid clade is characterised by some members of all groups having stipels, and desmodioid root nodules which export ureides […]2000, Patrick S. Herendeen, Anne Bruneau, P. S. Pollard, Advances in Legume Systematics (part 9, page 13)
    • The millettioid group involves the unequivocally sustained millettioid and phaseoloid clades including numerous vital crop species, for example, the cultivated soybean […]2017, Deepak G. Panpatte, Yogeshvari K. Jhala, Rajababu V. Vyas, Microorganisms for Green Revolution: Volume 1, page 66

Questions about phaseoloid

What does phaseoloid mean?
Phaseoloid means a clade within the subfamily Faboideae, the tropical legumes, comprising the genera Vigna, Phaseolus, Glycine, and Cajanus.
What part of speech is phaseoloid?
Phaseoloid is an adjective.

Words near phaseoloid in the dictionary

  1. phaseoliform
  2. phaseolin
  3. phaseolins
  4. phaseollidin
  5. phaseollin
  6. phaseoloid
  7. phaseolotoxin
  8. phaseolus
  9. phaseomannite
  10. phaseometer
  11. phaseometers

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