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    GENUS CENTROSEMA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Centrosema; genus Centrosema

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Centrosema"):

    butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum (large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers)

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

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

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