Definition of Lathyrus nissolia

1. Noun. Annual European vetch with red flowers.

Exact synonyms: Grass Vetch, Grass Vetchling
Group relationships: Genus Lathyrus, Lathyrus
Generic synonyms: Vetchling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lathyrus Nissolia

Late Middle Ages
Late antiquity
Lateef
Lateran
Lateran Council
Lateran Palace
Lateran Treaty
Latgalian
Latgalians
Lathyrus
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus japonicus
Lathyrus latifolius
Lathyrus maritimus
Lathyrus niger
Lathyrus nissolia (current term)
Lathyrus odoratus
Lathyrus palustris
Lathyrus pratensis
Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus splendens
Lathyrus sylvestris
Lathyrus tuberosus
Lathyrus vernus
Latian
Latic
Latimeria
Latimeria chalumnae
Latimeridae
Latin

Literary usage of Lathyrus nissolia

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

1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"... the Crimson Grass Vetch (Lathyrus nissolia) ; the Elegant St. John's-wort (Hypericum elegans) ; and the Heath- leaved Sun Bose i Hi ..."

2. On Buds and Stipules by John Lubbock (1899)
"... Aphaca (after Bentham) . .179 305 Seedling of Lathyrus Aphaca 180 306 Seedling of Lathyrus nissolia 181 307 Shoot of Lathyrus nissolia (after Bentham) . ..."

3. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1900)
"Lathyrus nissolia behaves in the same way, only in it the uppermost leaves develop no tendrils; ... It is possible that Lathyrus nissolia sprang from a ..."

4. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"The ellipses described by Lathyrus nissolia and Brassica were narrow, whilst those made by the ... A very young shoot of Lathyrus nissolia moved about •14, ..."

5. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"CC Babington; St. John\- College, Cambridge, December, 1843. 434. Note on the Weymouth Stations of Lathyrus nissolia and Sa- ..."

6. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1905)
"Lathyrus Aphaca. 22. Berks. Eec. Club, 1881-82. (16, 72, 76, 92.) Lathyrus nissolia. 66. Notts. Middleton, York herb. ..."

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