noun
one species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak
• Syn: ↑genus Viminaria
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑swamp oak, ↑Viminaria juncea, ↑Viminaria denudata
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\\ˌviməˈna(a)rēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of Australian leafless shrubs (family Leguminosae) that resemble the brooms and have small orange-yellow flowers with a broad vexillum and connate keel petals and a one-seeded pod — see swamp oak
Useful english dictionary. 2012.