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    GENUS INDIGOFERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Indigofera; Indigofera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Indigofera"):

    indigo; indigo plant; Indigofera tinctoria (deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye)

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

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

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