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PAROCHETUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: shamrock pea

Synonyms:

genus Parochetus; Parochetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Parochetus"):

Parochetus communis; shamrock pea (trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers)

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

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

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