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    AMPHICARPA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanutplay

    Synonyms:

    Amphicarpa; Amphicarpaea; genus Amphicarpa; genus Amphicarpaea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Amphicarpa"):

    Amphicarpa bracteata; Amphicarpaea bracteata; hog peanut; wild peanut (vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts)

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

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

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