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HEDYSARUM

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Meaning:

Genus of herbs of north temperate regions

Synonyms:

genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hedysarum" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Hedysarum"):

Hedysarum boreale; sweet vetch (perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints)

French honeysuckle; Hedysarum coronarium; sulla (perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop)

Holonyms ("Hedysarum" is a member of...):

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

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