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Abrus
Abrus
See also: abrus
Translingual
Proper noun
Abrus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – tropical vines, with purple flowers and pinnate leaves.[1]
- 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
- ↑ 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