Definition of genus lathyrus Genus lathyrus
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What does genus lathyrus mean?
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| genus lathyrus - genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea | ||
| Lathyrus, genus Lathyrus | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae | ||
| vetchling any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils | ||
| everlasting pea any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus | ||
| broad-leaved everlasting pea, lathyrus latifolius, perennial pea perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America | ||
| beach pea, lathyrus japonicus, lathyrus maritimus, sea pea wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder | ||
| black pea, lathyrus niger perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying | ||
| grass vetch, grass vetchling, lathyrus nissolia annual European vetch with red flowers | ||
| lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea, sweetpea climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers | ||
| lathyrus palustris, marsh pea scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers | ||
| common vetchling, lathyrus pratensis, meadow pea, yellow vetchling scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage | ||
| grass pea, indian pea, khesari, lathyrus sativus European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere | ||
| lathyrus splendens, pride of california shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental | ||
| lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved everlasting pea, flat pea European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure | ||
| lalthyrus tingitanus, tangier pea, tangier peavine North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers | ||
| earth-nut pea, earthnut pea, heath pea, lathyrus tuberosus, tuberous vetch European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey | ||
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