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GENUS PROSOPIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Prosopis mean?
• GENUS PROSOPIS (noun)
The noun GENUS PROSOPIS has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
Familiarity information: GENUS PROSOPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Prosopis; Prosopis
Hypernyms ("genus Prosopis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Prosopis"):
mesquit; mesquite (any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar)
Holonyms ("genus Prosopis" is a member of...):
Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)
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