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GENUS GYMNOCLADUS

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Meaning:

Small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods

Synonyms:

genus Gymnocladus; Gymnocladus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Gymnocladus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Gymnocladus"):

bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica; Kentucky coffee tree (handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute)

Holonyms ("genus Gymnocladus" is a member of...):

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)

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