TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tephrosia virginiana mean? 

• TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA (noun)
  The noun TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA has 1 sense:

1. perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone

  Familiarity information: TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA (noun)

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Meaning:

Perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

catgut; goat's rue; Tephrosia virginiana; wild sweet pea

Hypernyms ("Tephrosia virginiana" is a kind of...):

hoary pea (a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods)