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    CLIANTHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemesplay

    Synonyms:

    clianthus; glory pea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clianthus"):

    Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; desert pea; Sturt's desert pea; Sturt pea (sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia)

    Clianthus puniceus; parrot's beak; parrot's bill (evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand)

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

    genus Clianthus (genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines)

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