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PODALYRIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Podalyria mean? 

PODALYRIA (noun)
  The noun PODALYRIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophoraplay

  Familiarity information: PODALYRIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PODALYRIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Podalyria; Podalyria

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

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


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