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GENUS STRONGYLODON

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Meaning:

Genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines

Synonyms:

genus Strongylodon; Strongylodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Strongylodon"):

emerald creeper; jade vine; Strongylodon macrobotrys (vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws)

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

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

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