| NOUN | plant | Centrosema, genus Centrosema | a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers |
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| Meaning | A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers. | |
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| Synonym | genus Centrosema | |
| Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
| Members | butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum | large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | centrosema, genus centrosema | |
| Catalan | centrosema, genus centrosema | |
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