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GENUS DOLICHOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dolichos mean?
• GENUS DOLICHOS (noun)
The noun GENUS DOLICHOS has 1 sense:
1. genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma
Familiarity information: GENUS DOLICHOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dolichos; genus Dolichos
Hypernyms ("genus Dolichos" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("genus Dolichos" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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