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GENUS INDIGOFERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes
Synonyms:
genus Indigofera; Indigofera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Indigofera" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Indigofera"):
indigo; indigo plant; Indigofera tinctoria (deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye)
Holonyms ("genus Indigofera" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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