GENUS WISTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Wisteria mean? 

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

1. Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods; widely grown as an ornamental

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS WISTERIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods; widely grown as an ornamental

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Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Wisteria"):

wistaria; wisteria (any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria)

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

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