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GENUS PROSOPIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
Synonyms:
genus Prosopis; Prosopis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Prosopis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Prosopis"):
mesquit; mesquite (any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar)
Holonyms ("genus Prosopis" is a member of...):
Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)
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