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HIPPOCREPIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hippocrepis mean?
• HIPPOCREPIS (noun)
The noun HIPPOCREPIS has 1 sense:
1. species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch
Familiarity information: HIPPOCREPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Hippocrepis; Hippocrepis
Hypernyms ("Hippocrepis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("Hippocrepis" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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