THERMOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thermopsis mean? 

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

1. genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMOPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Thermopsis; Thermopsis

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Thermopsis"):

bush pea (any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers)

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

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