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INDIGOFERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes

Synonyms:

genus Indigofera; Indigofera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Indigofera"):

indigo; indigo plant; Indigofera tinctoria (deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye)

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

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

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