CENTROSEMA VIRGINIANUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers

Synonyms:

butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Centrosema virginianum" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Centrosema virginianum" is a member of...):

Centrosema; genus Centrosema (a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers)

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