coronilla

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coronilla - any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbelsgenus Coronilla - genus of Old World shrubs and herbsaxseed, Coronilla varia, crown vetch - European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled podsbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Coronilla

a genus of annual and perennial grasses and small shrubs of the family Leguminosae. The leaves are odd-pinnate, and the flowers are in umbellate inflorescences. There are approximately 25 species in Europe (mainly in the Mediterranean region), the Caucasus, Turkmenia, and the Canary Islands. In the USSR there are ten species, mostly growing in meadows and forest glades. The species most widely distributed in the European part of the USSR and in the Caucasus is axseed (C. varia), a toxic plant with pinkand-white flowers. It cannot be eaten by cattle in its fresh form, but mixed with hay it is safe for all species of cattle but not horses. Coronilla is a honey-bearing plant.

coronilla

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noun any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels

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genus Coronilla
axseed
Coronilla varia
crown vetch
bush
shrub

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