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    SWAINSONA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peasplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Swainsona; Swainsona

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Swainsona"):

    darling pea; poison bush (either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep)

    Holonyms ("Swainsona" 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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