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    GENUS PACHYRHIZUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of tropical vines having tuberous rootsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pachyrhizus; Pachyrhizus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Pachyrhizus"):

    Pachyrhizus erosus; yam bean (Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils)

    Pachyrhizus tuberosus; potato bean; yam bean (twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots)

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

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

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