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THERMOPSIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas

Synonyms:

genus Thermopsis; Thermopsis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Thermopsis"):

bush pea (any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers)

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

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

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