NOUN | plant | genus Oxytropis, Oxytropis | large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal |
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Meaning | large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal. | |
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Synonym | Oxytropis | |
Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
Members | locoweed, crazyweed, crazy weed | Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | genus oxytropis, oxytropis | |
Catalan | genus oxytropis, oxytropis, Oxytropis |
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