Translingual

Abrus precatorius

Proper noun

Abrus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – tropical vines, with purple flowers and pinnate leaves.^[1]
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain hoppers.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Fabaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Abreae - tribe
• (genus in Cicadellidae): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Paraneoptera - clades; Condylognatha - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Auchenorrhyncha - suborder; Cicadomorpha - infraorder; Membracoidea - superfamily; Cicadellidae - family; Deltocephalinae - subfamily; Athysanini - tribe

References

1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 6

Tok Pisin

Adverb

abrus

1. alongside

Preposition

abrus ‎(often accompanied by long)

1. apart from, besides

Verb

abrus ‎(always accompanied by long)

1. to be apart or away from
2. to pass, miss

Derived terms

• abrusim