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PAROCHETUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Parochetus mean?
• PAROCHETUS (noun)
The noun PAROCHETUS has 1 sense:
1. one species: shamrock pea
Familiarity information: PAROCHETUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: shamrock pea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Parochetus; Parochetus
Hypernyms ("Parochetus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Parochetus"):
Parochetus communis; shamrock pea (trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers)
Holonyms ("Parochetus" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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