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CARDIOSPERMUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot

Synonyms:

Cardiospermum; genus Cardiospermum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Cardiospermum"):

soapberry vine (tendril-climbing vine)

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

family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)

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