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Desmodium
Desmodium
See also: desmodium
Translingual
Proper noun
Desmodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – ticktrefoils or beggarticks.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Desmodieae - tribe; Desmodiinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Desmodium scorpiurus - type species; for other species see Desmodium at Tropicos.
desmodium
desmodium
See also: Desmodium
English
Noun
desmodium (plural desmodiums)
- Any member of the genus Desmodium of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, containing mostly inconspicuous legumes but some with bright or large flowers.
Hyponyms
- (members of genus): tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers, beggar lice
See also
- desmodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- desmodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies