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VIRGILIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods

Synonyms:

genus Virgilia; Virgilia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Virgilia"):

keurboom; Virgilia capensis; Virgilia oroboides (tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers)

keurboom; Virgilia divaricata (fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental)

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

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

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