genus Parkinsonia

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Parkinsonia - small genus of spiny shrubs or small treesParkinsoniarosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsCaesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family CaesalpiniaceaeParkinsonia aculeata, horsebean, Jerusalem thorn - 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 StatesCercidium 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