GENUS GALEGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Galega mean? 

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

1. small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GALEGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Galega; genus Galega

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Galega"):

Galega officinalis; goat's rue; goat rue (tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally)

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

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