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GENUS BAPTISIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Baptisia mean?
• GENUS BAPTISIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BAPTISIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod
Familiarity information: GENUS BAPTISIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Baptisia; genus Baptisia
Hypernyms ("genus Baptisia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Baptisia"):
false indigo; wild indigo (any of several plants of the genus Baptisia)
Holonyms ("genus Baptisia" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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