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GASTROLOBIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
gastrolobium; poison bush; poison pea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gastrolobium" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("gastrolobium" is a member of...):
genus Gastrolobium (genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock: poison bush)