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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 Piptadeniaplay

  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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