Learning / English Dictionary

GENUS PONGAMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: Indian beech

Synonyms:

genus Pongamia; Pongamia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pongamia"):

Indian beech; Pongamia glabra (evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree)

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

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

Credits