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CODARIOCALYX MOTORIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Codariocalyx motorius mean? 

CODARIOCALYX MOTORIUS (noun)
  The noun CODARIOCALYX MOTORIUS has 1 sense:

1. erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshineplay

  Familiarity information: CODARIOCALYX MOTORIUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CODARIOCALYX MOTORIUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Codariocalyx motorius; Desmodium gyrans; Desmodium motorium; semaphore plant; telegraph plant

Hypernyms ("Codariocalyx motorius" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Codariocalyx motorius" is a member of...):

Codariocalyx; genus Codariocalyx (used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium)


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