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GYMNOCLADUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods
Synonyms:
genus Gymnocladus; Gymnocladus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gymnocladus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Gymnocladus"):
bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica; Kentucky coffee tree (handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute)
Holonyms ("Gymnocladus" is a member of...):
Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)