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CODARIOCALYX

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Meaning:

Used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium

Synonyms:

Codariocalyx; genus Codariocalyx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Codariocalyx"):

Codariocalyx motorius; Desmodium gyrans; Desmodium motorium; semaphore plant; telegraph plant (erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine)

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

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

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