GENUS ARACHIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arachis mean? • GENUS ARACHIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ARACHIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
Familiarity information: GENUS ARACHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS ARACHIS (noun)
Meaning:
A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arachis; genus Arachis
Hypernyms ("genus Arachis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus 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)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"It's a long lane that has no turning." (English proverb)
"The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after" (Breton proverb)
"The ass went seeking for horns and lost his ears." (Arabic proverb)
"The fox can lose his fur but not his cunning." (Corsican proverb)
| GENUS ARACHIS: related words searches | |
Page delivered in 0.0276 seconds
|
