clianthus

Noun

cli=an=thus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

clianthus(n = noun.plant) glory pea - any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes; Array

is a member of genus clianthus

has particulars: clianthus formosus, clianthus speciosus, desert pea, sturt pea, sturt's desert pea, clianthus puniceus, parrot's beak, parrot's bill

is a kind of bush, shrub

clianthus, n. any leguminous plant of the genus Clianthus, native to Australia and New Zealand, bearing drooping clusters of red pealike flowers.

Etymology

mod.L, app. f. Gk klei-, kleos glory + anthos flower

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