GENUS STIZOLOBIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Stizolobium mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STIZOLOBIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mucuna; genus Stizolobium; Stizolobium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Stizolobium"):

mucuna (any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres)

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

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