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GENUS PHYSOSTIGMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Physostigma mean?
• GENUS PHYSOSTIGMA (noun)
The noun GENUS PHYSOSTIGMA has 1 sense:
1. African woody vines: calabar beans
Familiarity information: GENUS PHYSOSTIGMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
African woody vines: calabar beans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Physostigma; Physostigma
Hypernyms ("genus Physostigma" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Physostigma"):
calabar-bean vine; Physostigma venenosum (tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans)
Holonyms ("genus Physostigma" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
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