noun
genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters
• Syn: ↑genus Mucuna, ↑genus Stizolobium
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑mucuna
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\\ˌstizəˈlōbēəm, ˌstīz-\Etymology: New Latin, from stiz- (from Greek stizein to tattoo) + -o- + -lobium (from Greek lobion small lobe, diminutive of lobos lobe) — more at sleep
synonym of mucuna
Useful english dictionary. 2012.