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DALEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Indigo bush

Synonyms:

Dalea; genus Dalea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Dalea"):

Dalea spinosa; smoke tree (greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor)

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

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

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