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GENUS CENTROSEMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Centrosema mean?
• GENUS CENTROSEMA (noun)
The noun GENUS CENTROSEMA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS CENTROSEMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Centrosema; genus Centrosema
Hypernyms ("genus Centrosema" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Centrosema"):
butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum (large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Centrosema" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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