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GENUS ARAUJIA

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Meaning:

Small genus of South American evergreen vines

Synonyms:

Araujia; genus Araujia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Araujia"):

Araujia sericofera; cruel plant (robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn)

Holonyms ("genus Araujia" is a member of...):

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

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