SWAINSONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swainsona mean? 

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

1. a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAINSONA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Swainsona; Swainsona

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Swainsona"):

darling pea; poison bush (either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep)

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

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)