GENUS PAROCHETUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Parochetus mean? 

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

1. one species: shamrock pea

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PAROCHETUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: shamrock pea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Parochetus; Parochetus

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Parochetus"):

Parochetus communis; shamrock pea (trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers)

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

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