GENUS TROPAEOLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tropaeolum mean? 

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

1. a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TROPAEOLUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tropaeolum; Tropaeolum

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tropaeolum"):

nasturtium (any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers)

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

family Tropaeolaceae; nasturtium family; Tropaeolaceae (coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum)