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GENUS TRIFOLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Trifolium mean? 

GENUS TRIFOLIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS TRIFOLIUM has 1 sense:

1. any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leafletsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS TRIFOLIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Trifolium; Trifolium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Trifolium"):

clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)

Holonyms ("genus Trifolium" 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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