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GENUS KENNEDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Kennedia mean?
• GENUS KENNEDIA (noun)
The noun GENUS KENNEDIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS KENNEDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Kennedia; genus Kennedya; Kennedia; Kennedya
Hypernyms ("genus Kennedia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Kennedia"):
coral pea (any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Kennedia" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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