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Psoralea

noun

widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Psoralea

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑breadroot, ↑Indian breadroot, ↑pomme blanche, ↑pomme de prairie, ↑Psoralea esculenta

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\\səˈrālēə, -ral-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek psōraleos scabby, itchy, from psōra itch

: a large widely distributed genus of herbs and shrubs (family Leguminosae) with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers — see breadroot

Useful english dictionary. 2012.