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BAPTISIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod
Synonyms:
Baptisia; genus Baptisia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Baptisia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Baptisia"):
false indigo; wild indigo (any of several plants of the genus Baptisia)
Holonyms ("Baptisia" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)