noun
genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers
• Syn: ↑Desmanthus
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑prairie mimosa, ↑prickle-weed, ↑Desmanthus ilinoensis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.