GASTROLOBIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gastrolobium mean? 

• GASTROLOBIUM (noun)
  The noun GASTROLOBIUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GASTROLOBIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTROLOBIUM (noun)

Sense 1

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gastrolobium; poison bush; poison pea

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)