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GENUS DESMANTHUS

• GENUS DESMANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS DESMANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers

Familiarity information: GENUS DESMANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS DESMANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Desmanthus; genus Desmanthus

Hypernyms ("genus Desmanthus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Desmanthus"):

Desmanthus ilinoensis; prairie mimosa; prickle-weed (perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Desmanthus" is a member of...):

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

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Useful links:
Definition of Papilionoideae
Definition of prickle-weed
Definition of Desmanthus ilinoensis
Definition of subfamily Papilionoideae
Definition of prairie mimosa

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