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CARAGANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caragana mean?
• CARAGANA (noun)
The noun CARAGANA has 1 sense:
1. any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
Familiarity information: CARAGANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
caragana; pea tree
Hypernyms ("caragana" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caragana"):
Caragana arborescens; Siberian pea tree (large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers; often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedges)
Caragana sinica; Chinese pea tree (shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern China)
Holonyms ("caragana" is a member of...):
genus Caragana (large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees)
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