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ARACHIS

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Meaning:

A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)

Synonyms:

Arachis; genus Arachis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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