GENUS PISUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pisum mean? 

• GENUS PISUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS PISUM has 1 sense:

1. small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PISUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pisum; Pisum

Hypernyms ("genus Pisum" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pisum"):

pea; pea plant (a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds)

common pea; garden pea; garden pea plant; Pisum sativum (plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried)

Holonyms ("genus Pisum" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)