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MYSORE THORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mysore thorn mean? 

MYSORE THORN (noun)
  The noun MYSORE THORN has 1 sense:

1. spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: MYSORE THORN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MYSORE THORN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caesalpinia decapetala; Caesalpinia sepiaria; Mysore thorn

Hypernyms ("Mysore thorn" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Mysore thorn" is a member of...):

Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)


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