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GENUS TEPHROSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tephrosia mean?
• GENUS TEPHROSIA (noun)
The noun GENUS TEPHROSIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas
Familiarity information: GENUS TEPHROSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Tephrosia; Tephrosia
Hypernyms ("genus Tephrosia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tephrosia"):
hoary pea (a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods)
Holonyms ("genus Tephrosia" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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