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    PONGAMIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One species: Indian beechplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pongamia; Pongamia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Pongamia"):

    Indian beech; Pongamia glabra (evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree)

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

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

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