noun
small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia
• Syn: ↑genus Hardenbergia
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑Western Australia coral pea, ↑Hardenbergia comnptoniana
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\\ˌhärdənˈbərjēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Franziska von Hardenberg, 19th century Austrian noblewoman + New Latin -ia
: a small genus of Australian woody climbers (family Leguminosae) with small violet-blue flowers
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/hahr'dn berr"jee euh/
any vine or shrub belonging to the genus Hardenbergia, of the legume family, native to Australia, having evergreen foliage and long clusters of usually purplish flowers.
[ < NL (1837), after Franziska von Hardenberg, 19th century Austrian noblewoman; see -IA]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.