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Clitoria

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n.1.a genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers.
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Noun1.Clitoria - genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers
genus Clitoria
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
Clitoria mariana, butterfly pea - large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers


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Linnaeus noted similarities between plant parts and human anatomy when he named the pink-flowered butterfly pea Clitoria mariana and a stinkhorn species Phallus.
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