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CYAMOPSIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia
Synonyms:
Cyamopsis; genus Cyamopsis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cyamopsis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Cyamopsis"):
cluster bean; Cyamopsis psoraloides; Cyamopsis tetragonolobus; guar (drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material)
Holonyms ("Cyamopsis" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)