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GENUS HOVEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of Australian evergreen shrubs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hovea" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hovea"):
hovea; purple pea (any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets)
Holonyms ("genus Hovea" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)