Fabaceae. Leguminosae . Pea Family . Pithecellobium . Tachigalia . Families, Pea . Family, Pea . Legume . Pea Families . Afzelia . Amorpha . Andira . Baptisia . Callerya . Ceratonia . Clathrotropis . Colophospermum . Copaifera . Delonix . Euchresta . Guibourtia . Legumes . Machaerium . Pithecolobium . Stryphnodendron . Beans . The large family of plants characterized by pods. Some are edible and some cause LATHYRISM or FAVISM and other forms of poisoning. Other species yield useful materials like gums from ACACIA and various LECTINS like PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS from PHASEOLUS. Many of them harbor NITROGEN FIXATION bacteria on their roots. Many but not all species of "beans" belong to this family. . 0.56
Asbestos, Amosite. Amosite . Cummingtonite-Grunerite . Cummingtonite Grunerite . Amosite Asbestos . Asbestos, grunerite. A monoclinic amphibole form of asbestos having long fibers and a high iron content. It is used in insulation. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) . 0.48
Amomum. Amomums . A plant genus of the family ZINGIBERACEAE. Members contain aculeatin D, beta-sitosterol, and STIGMASTEROL. Some members have been reclassified to ELETTARIA and other ZINGIBERACEAE. . 0.46
Amoeba. Ameba . A genus of ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include a vesicular nucleus and the formation of several PSEUDOPODIA, one of which is dominant at a given time. Reproduction occurs asexually by binary fission. . 0.45
Amorphophallus. Amorphophallus konjac . Amorphophallus konjacs . Konjacs . konjac, Amorphophallus . Konjac . A plant genus of the family ARACEAE. Members contain konjac glucomannan (MANNANS) and SEROTONIN. . 0.42