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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CENTROSEMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CENTROSEMA (noun)


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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