genus tropaeolum

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   a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae

   SynonymsTropaeolum

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofTropaeolaceae

Questions about genus tropaeolum

What does genus tropaeolum mean?

genus tropaeolum means "a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae".

What is another word for genus tropaeolum?

Close synonyms include Tropaeolum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus tropaeolum a common word?

genus tropaeolum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.