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millettioid

millettioid adjective: a clade within the subfamily Faboideae, comprised of three main branches: the tribe Indigofereae, the tribes Abreae and Millettieae, and the tribes Desmodieae, Phaseoleae, and Psoraleae.

Adjective

millettioid (not comparable)

  1. A clade within the subfamily Faboideae, comprised of three main branches: the tribe Indigofereae, the tribes Abreae and Millettieae, and the tribes Desmodieae, Phaseoleae, and Psoraleae.
    • The millettioid crown node is dated at 45Ma bp and is both large and complex, especially with respect to nodulation […]2008, Michael J. Dilworth, Euan K. James, Janet I. Sprent, Nitrogen-fixing Leguminous Symbioses, page 14
    • The millettioid group involves the unequivocally sustained millettioid and phaseoloid clades including numerous vital crop species, for example, the cultivated soybean […]2017, Deepak G. Panpatte, Yogeshvari K. Jhala, Rajababu V. Vyas, Microorganisms for Green Revolution: Volume 1, page 66

Questions about millettioid

What does millettioid mean?
Millettioid means a clade within the subfamily Faboideae, comprised of three main branches: the tribe Indigofereae, the tribes Abreae and Millettieae, and the tribes Desmodieae, Phaseoleae, and Psoraleae.
What part of speech is millettioid?
Millettioid is an adjective.

Words near millettioid in the dictionary

  1. milletmeal
  2. millets
  3. Millett
  4. Millette
  5. Millettes
  6. millettioid
  7. Milletts
  8. millewanin
  9. millewanins
  10. Milley
  11. Milleys

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