CLADRASTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cladrastis mean? 

• CLADRASTIS (noun)
  The noun CLADRASTIS has 1 sense:

1. yellowwoods

  Familiarity information: CLADRASTIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLADRASTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellowwoods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cladrastis; genus Cladrastis

Hypernyms ("Cladrastis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Cladrastis"):

Cladrastis kentukea; Cladrastis lutea; gopherwood; Kentucky yellowwood (small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye)

Holonyms ("Cladrastis" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)