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PHYSOSTIGMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

African woody vines: calabar beans

Synonyms:

genus Physostigma; Physostigma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Physostigma"):

calabar-bean vine; Physostigma venenosum (tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans)

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

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

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