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CLADRASTIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Yellowwoods

Synonyms:

Cladrastis; genus Cladrastis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Cladrastis"):

Cladrastis kentukea; Cladrastis lutea; gopherwood; Kentucky yellowwood (small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye)

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

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

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