Definition of desmodium Desmodium

We found 3 definitions of desmodium from 3 different sources.

What does desmodium mean?

Noun
desmodium - beggarweed; tick trefoil
		genus Desmodium
		rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants
		papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae

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desmodium (Noun)
Any member of the genus of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, containing mostly inconspicuous legumes but some with bright or large flowers.

desmodium
des-mō′di-um, n. a genus of leguminous plants to which the D. gyrans, or telegraph plant, belongs. [Gr. desmos, chain, eidos, form.]