genus astragalus

English Thesaurus

1. large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	milk vetch, milk-vetch,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Astragalus (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae,
definition	:	alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae (noun.plant)