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CLIANTHUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes
Synonyms:
clianthus; glory pea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("clianthus" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clianthus"):
Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; desert pea; Sturt's desert pea; Sturt pea (sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia)
Clianthus puniceus; parrot's beak; parrot's bill (evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand)
Holonyms ("clianthus" is a member of...):
genus Clianthus (genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines)