ARACHIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Arachis mean? • ARACHIS (noun)
The noun ARACHIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
Familiarity information: ARACHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARACHIS (noun)
Meaning:
A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arachis; genus Arachis
Hypernyms ("Arachis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Arachis"):
Arachis hypogaea; peanut; peanut vine (widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground)
Holonyms ("Arachis" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
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