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noun
Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers.
Sturt's desert pea (Swainsona formosa, syn. Clianthus dampieri), of Australia and New Zealand.
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noun
Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers.
Kakabeaks (Cilanthus spp.)
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noun
Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers.
Kakabeaks (Cilanthus spp.)
especially, northern kakabeak (Clianthus puniceus), of Australia and New Zealand.
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noun
Any of several similar leguminous plants with showy scarlet or crimson flowers.
Scarlet sesbane (Sesbania punicea), native from Brazil to Argentina, cultivated widely, but invasive.
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noun
any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: clianthus
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: desert pea, Sturt pea, Sturt's desert pea, Clianthus formosus, Clianthus speciosus, parrot's beak, parrot's bill, Clianthus puniceus
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