Definition of Dolichos lignosus

1. Noun. South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos.

Exact synonyms: Australian Pea, Dipogon Lignosus
Group relationships: Dipogon, Genus Dipogon
Generic synonyms: Vine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolichos Lignosus

Dohle bodies
Dohle inclusions
Doidge
Dolan
Dolby
Dolbyization
Dolbyize
Dolbyized
Dolbyizing
Dolgan
Dolichonyx
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dolichos
Dolichos biflorus
Dolichos lablab
Dolichos lignosus (current term)
Dolichotis
Dolichotis patagonum
Doliolidae
Doll
Dollar Diplomacy
Dolly
Dolly Parton
Dolly Varden cake
Dolly Varden cakes
Dolly Vardens
Dolobid
Dolomite
Dolomite Alps

Literary usage of Dolichos lignosus

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

1. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879)
"896. Lablab vulgaris, Sam; DC. Prodr. ii. 401 ; Wall. Cat. 5536; W. 4- A. Prodr. 250. Dolichos lignosus, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 307 ; Bot. May. t 380. ..."

2. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"... embrace the base of the keel and ovary, the claw of the standard itself arching strongly back from them as in Dolichos lignosus L. Wings ..."

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