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DESMANTHUS

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers

Synonyms:

Desmanthus; genus Desmanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Desmanthus"):

Desmanthus ilinoensis; prairie mimosa; prickle-weed (perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers)

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

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

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