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TRIGONELLA

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Meaning:

Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs

Synonyms:

genus Trigonella; Trigonella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Trigonella"):

bird's foot trefoil; Trigonella ornithopodioides (Old World herb related to fenugreek)

fenugreek; Greek clover; Trigonella foenumgraecum (annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry)

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

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

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