ONOBRYCHIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods

Synonyms:

genus Onobrychis; Onobrychis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Onobrychis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Onobrychis"):

esparcet; holy clover; Onobrychis viciaefolia; Onobrychis viciifolia; sainfoin; sanfoin (Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain)

Holonyms ("Onobrychis" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)