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hippocrepis
 

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Noun hippocrepis has 1 sense
  1. Hippocrepis, genus Hippocrepis - species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch
    --1 is a kind of rosid dicot genus
    --1 is a member of Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae

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Hippocrepis

Definition:

Hippocrepis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It consists of around 50 species of perennials, commonly known as the horseshoe vetch. These plants are native to Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.

Senses and Usages:

  1. Noun: A flowering plant belonging to the Hippocrepis genus.

    2. Example sentence: The hippocrepis is a beautiful wildflower found in meadows across Europe.

  2. Noun: The dried leaves or extracts of hippocrepis plants used in traditional herbal medicine.

    3. Example sentence: The herbalist prepared a tincture using hippocrepis to aid in digestion.

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