noun
a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
• Syn: ↑Centrosema
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑butterfly pea, ↑Centrosema virginianum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.