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PODALYRIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Podalyria mean?
• PODALYRIA (noun)
The noun PODALYRIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora
Familiarity information: PODALYRIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Podalyria; Podalyria
Hypernyms ("Podalyria" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("Podalyria" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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