PHYSOSTIGMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Physostigma mean? 

• PHYSOSTIGMA (noun)
  The noun PHYSOSTIGMA has 1 sense:

1. African woody vines: calabar beans

  Familiarity information: PHYSOSTIGMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSOSTIGMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African woody vines: calabar beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Physostigma; Physostigma

Hypernyms ("Physostigma" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Physostigma"):

calabar-bean vine; Physostigma venenosum (tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans)

Holonyms ("Physostigma" 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)