DALEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dalea mean? 

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

1. indigo bush

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DALEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indigo bush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dalea; genus Dalea

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Dalea"):

Dalea spinosa; smoke tree (greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor)

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

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