| slovo | definícia |
gastrolobium
(encz) | gastrolobium, n: |
gastrolobium
(wn) | gastrolobium
n 1: any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus
Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to
livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers
followed by two-seeded pods [syn: poison bush, {poison
pea}, gastrolobium] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Gastrolobium grandiflorum
(gcide) | Wallflower \Wall"flow`er\, n.
1. (Bot.) A perennial, cruciferous plant ({Cheiranthus
Cheiri}), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from
yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on
old walls.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is sometimes extended to other species of
Cheiranthus and of the related genus Erysimum,
especially the American Western wallflower ({Erysimum
asperum}), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.
[1913 Webster]
2. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not
asked to dance, remains a spectator. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) In Australia, the desert poison bush ({Gastrolobium
grandiflorum}); -- called also native wallflower.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
genus gastrolobium
(wn) | genus Gastrolobium
n 1: genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to
livestock: poison bush |
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