Psoralea (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
Synonyms:
genus Psoralea; Psoralea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Psoralea" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Psoralea"):
breadroot; Indian breadroot; pomme blanche; pomme de prairie; Psoralea esculenta (densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots)
Holonyms ("Psoralea" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)