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DESMODIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Desmodium mean?
• DESMODIUM (noun)
The noun DESMODIUM has 1 sense:
1. beggarweed; tick trefoil
Familiarity information: DESMODIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beggarweed; tick trefoil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Desmodium; genus Desmodium
Hypernyms ("Desmodium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Desmodium"):
beggar's lice; beggar lice; tick trefoil (any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments)
Holonyms ("Desmodium" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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