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GENUS GALEGA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue
Synonyms:
Galega; genus Galega
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Galega" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Galega"):
Galega officinalis; goat's rue; goat rue (tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally)
Holonyms ("genus Galega" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)