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LABURNUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous

Synonyms:

genus Laburnum; Laburnum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Laburnum"):

Alpine golden chain; Laburnum alpinum; Scotch laburnum (an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum)

common laburnum; golden chain; golden rain; Laburnum anagyroides (an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations)

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

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

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