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CENTROSEMA VIRGINIANUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
Synonyms:
butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Centrosema virginianum" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Centrosema virginianum" is a member of...):
Centrosema; genus Centrosema (a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers)
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