Definition of Lathyrus hirsutus

1. Noun. A weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop.

Exact synonyms: Caley Pea, Rough Pea, Singletary Pea, Wild Winterpea
Generic synonyms: Wild Pea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lathyrus Hirsutus

Latarget's nerve
Latarget's vein
Late Egyptian
Late Greek
Late Latin
Late Middle Ages
Late antiquity
Lateef
Lateran
Lateran Council
Lateran Palace
Lateran Treaty
Latgalian
Latgalians
Lathyrus
Lathyrus hirsutus (current term)
Lathyrus japonicus
Lathyrus latifolius
Lathyrus maritimus
Lathyrus niger
Lathyrus nissolia
Lathyrus odoratus
Lathyrus palustris
Lathyrus pratensis
Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus splendens
Lathyrus sylvestris
Lathyrus tuberosus
Lathyrus vernus
Latian

Literary usage of Lathyrus hirsutus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1804)
"Stalks two-flowered. Tendrils bearing a pair of linear-lanceolate leaves. Pods hairy. Seeds rough. SYN. Lathyrus hirsutus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1032. Sm. Fl. Brit. ..."

2. Topographical Botany: Being Local and Personal Records Towards Shewing the by Hewett Cottrell Watson (1874)
"307 Lathyrus hirsutus, Linn. Note. ... July I visited the Surrey station for Lathyrus hirsutus, and found the plant pretty abundant, and now not growing in ..."

3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1846)
"I rather think I once found it at Harlow, but my specimen is not far enough advanced to judge. I am also quoted for Lathyrus hirsutus, " near the shore ..."

4. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1833)
"Lathyrus hirsutus, Linn.?—Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 726.)—Not possessing fruit of this and the last species, we cannot decide with certainty what they are. ..."

5. A System of Physiological Botany by Patrick Keith (1816)
"The surface is smooth, as in Lathyrus Nissolia; or rough, as in Lathyrus hirsutus. Such is the general character of the legume; but there is also a peculiar ..."

6. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
"*Lathyrus hirsutus L. On vacant lots and street-parking, Salem; also reported by Sheldon from Portland. 51. *Lathyrus sphaericus Retz. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Lathyrus hirsutus on Dictionary.com!Search for Lathyrus hirsutus on Thesaurus.com!Search for Lathyrus hirsutus on Google!Search for Lathyrus hirsutus on Wikipedia!

Search