GENUS CASSIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cassia mean? 

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

1. some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CASSIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia; genus Cassia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cassia"):

cassia (any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods)

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

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