NOUN | plant | genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia | small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees |
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Meaning | small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees. | |
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Synonym | Parkinsonia | |
Member of | Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae | Alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae |
Members | Jerusalem thorn, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata | large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers |
palo verde, Parkinsonia florida, Cercidium floridum | densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark | |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | genus parkinsonia, parkinsonia | |
Catalan | genus parkinsonia, parkinsonia |
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