TRIGONELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trigonella mean? 

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

1. Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIGONELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Trigonella; Trigonella

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Trigonella"):

bird's foot trefoil; Trigonella ornithopodioides (Old World herb related to fenugreek)

fenugreek; Greek clover; Trigonella foenumgraecum (annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry)

Holonyms ("Trigonella" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

 Context examples 

The oil pressed or distilled from the seeds of trigonella foenum gracecum.

(Fenugreek Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)