genus parkinsonia

Noun
  1. Small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees (synset 112517997)
    is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • horsebean, jerusalem thorn, parkinsonia aculeata - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
    • cercidium floridum, palo verde, parkinsonia florida - densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
    belongs to: caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
    same as: parkinsonia

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