genus indigofera

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1. genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	indigo, indigo plant, indigofera tinctoria,
definition	:	deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye (noun.plant)

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