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Definition: Hippocrepis

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch.[Wordnet].

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Date "Hippocrepis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Common Expressions: Hippocrepis

Expressions Definition
Coluber hippocrepis Slender fast-moving Eurasian snake. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Hippocrepis Species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Hippocrepis comosa European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Hippocrepis

Hippocrepis

Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Hippocrepis
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Species

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Hippocrepis is a genus of ornamental plants in the family Fabaceae.

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Daedalochila hippocrepis 6     Daedalochila hippocrepis 6
Hippocrepis 4     Hippocrepis 4

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