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PIPTADENIA MACROCARPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Piptadenia macrocarpa mean?
• PIPTADENIA MACROCARPA (noun)
The noun PIPTADENIA MACROCARPA has 1 sense:
1. Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia
Familiarity information: PIPTADENIA MACROCARPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIPTADENIA MACROCARPA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Anadenanthera colubrina; Piptadenia macrocarpa
Hypernyms ("Piptadenia macrocarpa" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Piptadenia macrocarpa" is a member of...):
Anadenanthera; genus Anadenanthera (2 species of tropical American shrubs or trees)
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