GENUS ASTRAGALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Astragalus mean? 

• GENUS ASTRAGALUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ASTRAGALUS has 1 sense:

1. large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae

  Familiarity information: GENUS ASTRAGALUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ASTRAGALUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Astragalus; genus Astragalus

Hypernyms ("genus Astragalus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Astragalus"):

milk-vetch; milk vetch (any of various plants of the genus Astragalus)

Holonyms ("genus Astragalus" is a member of...):

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