Definition of Gastrolobium

1. Noun. Any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods.

Exact synonyms: Poison Bush, Poison Pea
Group relationships: Genus Gastrolobium
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastrolobium

gastrointestinally
gastrojejunal
gastrojejunal loop obstruction syndrome
gastrojejunocolic
gastrojejunostomies
gastrojejunostomy
gastrokinesograph
gastrokinetic
gastrokinetics
gastrolavage
gastrolienal
gastrolienal ligament
gastrolith
gastrolithiasis
gastroliths
gastrolobium (current term)
gastrologist
gastrology
gastrolysis
gastromalacia
gastromancy
gastromegaly
gastromelus
gastromy
gastromyces
gastromycete
gastromyth
gastromyxorrhoea
gastronaut
gastronauts

Literary usage of Gastrolobium

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

1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1867)
"Fortunately gastrolobium occurs in no other parts of Australia, except on the inland tract from Attack Creek to the Suttor River, where flocks must be ..."

2. Settler's Guide and Farmer's Handbook by Western Australia Dept. of Agriculture, L. Lindley-Cowen (1897)
"They bear the botanical names of the genera gastrolobium and ... lies in the number of seeds in the pod—that of gastrolobium containing only two, ..."

3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... gastrolobium, Pultenaea, ... Aotus, Phyl- lota, gastrolobium, Pultenaea, ... gastrolobium, Pultenaea and ..."

4. Forest Culture and Eucalyptus Trees by Ellwood Cooper (1876)
"Over some of the healthy tracts of scrub-country, toward the south-west coast, poisonous species of gastrolobium (Gastrol ..."

5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"gastrolobium, n. scientific name of a genus of Australian shrubs, ... The species are— gastrolobium ..."

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