Definition of Lathyrus odoratus

1. Noun. Climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers.

Exact synonyms: Sweet Pea, Sweetpea
Group relationships: Genus Lathyrus, Lathyrus
Generic synonyms: Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lathyrus Odoratus

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
Lathyrus odoratus (current term)
Lathyrus palustris
Lathyrus pratensis
Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus splendens
Lathyrus sylvestris
Lathyrus tuberosus
Lathyrus vernus
Latian
Latic
Latimeria
Latimeria chalumnae
Latimeridae
Latin
Latin-American

Literary usage of Lathyrus odoratus

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

1. First Lessons in Botany: Designed for Common Schools in the United States by Alphonso Wood (1849)
"... (Lathyrus odoratus). 2, The stamens, the upper one free, and with the style bent upwards. 3, The legume (pod). 4, The seed, showing the embryo and the ..."

2. Vines and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Climbing Plants for Flower, Foliage by William C. McCollom (1911)
"... Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet pea, for cut flowers) Best flowering vines for the ... roses Plumbago capensis Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet pea) Foliage vines for ..."

3. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin (1876)
"Lathyrus odoratus. Almost everyone who has studied the structure of papilionaceous ... The case therefore of Lathyrus odoratus or the sweet-pea is curious, ..."

4. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1849)
"... in variety, Caprifolium sempervirens, Lathyrus odoratus; twenty varieties of seedling phloxes, very fine. From N. Gale, Chelsea, a large collection of ..."

5. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet Pea). This general favorite is a native of the Mediterranean islands and consequently is at home in the climate of California. ..."

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