MYSORE THORN

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Meaning:

Spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Caesalpinia decapetala; Caesalpinia sepiaria; Mysore thorn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Mysore thorn" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Mysore thorn" is a member of...):

Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)

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