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Anagyris

noun

very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods

• Syn: ↑genus Anagyris

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bean trefoil, ↑stinking bean trefoil, ↑Anagyris foetida

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\\ˌanəˈjīrə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, alteration of anagyros bean trefoil, from ana- + gyros ring

: a small genus of shrubs (family Leguminosae) of the Mediterranean region having trifoliolate leaves, yellow flowers, and narrow compound pods — see : bean trefoil 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.