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CLITORIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers

Synonyms:

Clitoria; genus Clitoria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Clitoria"):

butterfly pea; Clitoria mariana (large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers)

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

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

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