GENUS HIPPOCREPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hippocrepis mean? 

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

1. species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HIPPOCREPIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hippocrepis; Hippocrepis

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

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