PONGAMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pongamia mean? 

• PONGAMIA (noun)
  The noun PONGAMIA has 1 sense:

1. one species: Indian beech

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONGAMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: Indian beech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pongamia; Pongamia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Pongamia"):

Indian beech; Pongamia glabra (evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree)

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

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