GENUS CLITORIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers

Synonyms:

Clitoria; genus Clitoria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Clitoria" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Clitoria"):

butterfly pea; Clitoria mariana (large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Clitoria" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)