CLITORIA MARIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clitoria mariana mean? 

• CLITORIA MARIANA (noun)
  The noun CLITORIA MARIANA has 1 sense:

1. large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers

  Familiarity information: CLITORIA MARIANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLITORIA MARIANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly pea; Clitoria mariana

Hypernyms ("Clitoria mariana" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Clitoria mariana" is a member of...):

Clitoria; genus Clitoria (genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers)