Akademik

Desmanthus

noun

genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Desmanthus

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑prairie mimosa, ↑prickle-weed, ↑Desmanthus ilinoensis

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\\dezˈman(t)thəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek desmē bundle (from dein to bind) + New Latin -anthus — more at diadem

: a genus of American herbs or shrubs (family Leguminosae) with sensitive bipinnate leaves and small whitish flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.