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CENTROSEMA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
Synonyms:
Centrosema; genus Centrosema
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Centrosema" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Centrosema"):
butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum (large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers)
Holonyms ("Centrosema" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)