Desmanthus

Desmanthus
noun
genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers
• Syn: ↑genus Desmanthus
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑prairie mimosa, ↑prickle-weed, ↑Desmanthus ilinoensis

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\\dezˈman(t)thəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek desmē bundle (from dein to bind) + New Latin -anthus — more at diadem
: a genus of American herbs or shrubs (family Leguminosae) with sensitive bipinnate leaves and small whitish flowers

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