GENUS LENS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

Synonyms:

genus Lens; Lens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

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

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