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HEDYSARUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hedysarum mean?
• HEDYSARUM (noun)
The noun HEDYSARUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of herbs of north temperate regions
Familiarity information: HEDYSARUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of herbs of north temperate regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum
Hypernyms ("Hedysarum" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Hedysarum"):
Hedysarum boreale; sweet vetch (perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints)
French honeysuckle; Hedysarum coronarium; sulla (perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop)
Holonyms ("Hedysarum" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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