CHAMAECRISTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chamaecrista mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods; some species placed in genus Cassia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMAECRISTA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods; some species placed in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chamaecrista; genus Chamaecrista

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Chamaecrista"):

Cassia fasciculata; Chamaecrista fasciculata; partridge pea; sensitive pea; wild sensitive plant (tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia)

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

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)