GYMNOCLADUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnocladus mean? 

• GYMNOCLADUS (noun)
  The noun GYMNOCLADUS has 1 sense:

1. small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods

  Familiarity information: GYMNOCLADUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOCLADUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gymnocladus; Gymnocladus

Hypernyms ("Gymnocladus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Gymnocladus"):

bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica; Kentucky coffee tree (handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute)

Holonyms ("Gymnocladus" is a member of...):

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)