NOUN | plant | Cyamopsis, genus Cyamopsis | small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia |
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Meaning | small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia. | |
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Synonym | genus Cyamopsis | |
Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
Members | guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides | drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | cyamopsis, genus cyamopsis | |
Catalan | cyamopsis, genus cyamopsis |
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