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    GENUS ARACHIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Arachis; genus Arachis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus 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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