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GENUS CODARIOCALYX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Codariocalyx mean?
• GENUS CODARIOCALYX (noun)
The noun GENUS CODARIOCALYX has 1 sense:
1. used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium
Familiarity information: GENUS CODARIOCALYX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Codariocalyx; genus Codariocalyx
Hypernyms ("genus Codariocalyx" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Codariocalyx"):
Codariocalyx motorius; Desmodium gyrans; Desmodium motorium; semaphore plant; telegraph plant (erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine)
Holonyms ("genus Codariocalyx" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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