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CLIANTHUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes

Synonyms:

clianthus; glory pea

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Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clianthus"):

Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; desert pea; Sturt's desert pea; Sturt pea (sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia)

Clianthus puniceus; parrot's beak; parrot's bill (evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand)

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

genus Clianthus (genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines)

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