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ADENANTHERA

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Meaning:

Small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas

Synonyms:

Adenanthera; genus Adenanthera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Adenanthera"):

Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; coral-wood; coralwood; peacock flower fence; red sandalwood (East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental)

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

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)

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