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Amphicarpa

noun

very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut

• Syn: ↑Amphicarpaea, ↑genus Amphicarpaea, ↑genus Amphicarpa

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑hog peanut, ↑wild peanut, ↑Amphicarpaea bracteata, ↑Amphicarpa bracteata

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\\ˌamfəˈkärpə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from amphi- + -carpa (from Greek karpos fruit)

: a genus of No. American and Asiatic vines (family Leguminosae) having trifoliate leaves and small white or violet flowers and bearing both aerial and hypogeous pods

Useful english dictionary. 2012.