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TROPAEOLUM (tropaeola)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tropaeolum mean?
• TROPAEOLUM (noun)
The noun TROPAEOLUM has 1 sense:
1. a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
Familiarity information: TROPAEOLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Tropaeolum; Tropaeolum
Hypernyms ("Tropaeolum" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Tropaeolum"):
nasturtium (any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers)
Holonyms ("Tropaeolum" is a member of...):
family Tropaeolaceae; nasturtium family; Tropaeolaceae (coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum)
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