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GENUS GLYCINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
Synonyms:
genus Glycine; Glycine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Glycine" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Glycine"):
Glycine max; soja; soja bean; soy; soya; soya bean; soybean; soybean plant (erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia)
Holonyms ("genus Glycine" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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