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CLITORIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers
Synonyms:
Clitoria; genus Clitoria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Clitoria" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Clitoria"):
butterfly pea; Clitoria mariana (large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers)
Holonyms ("Clitoria" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)