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PROSOPIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
Synonyms:
genus Prosopis; Prosopis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Prosopis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("Prosopis" is a member of...):
Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)
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