Definition of Caragana

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.

Exact synonyms: Pea Tree
Group relationships: Genus Caragana
Specialized synonyms: Caragana Arborescens, Siberian Pea Tree, Caragana Sinica, Chinese Pea Tree
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Caragana

1. an Asian shrub [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caragana

caracolers
caracoles
caracoling
caracolite
caracolito
caracolled
caracolling
caracols
caracoly
caract
caracts
caracul
caraculs
carafe
carafes
caragana (current term)
caraganas
carageen
carageens
caramba
carambola
carambola tree
carambolas
caramel
caramel apple
caramel apples
caramel brown
caramel bun
caramelisation
caramelise

Literary usage of Caragana

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

1. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"caragana. The PEA TREES are generally shrubby in growth and can be most ... SMALL-BLADED PEA TREE (144) — caragana microphylla— grows 4 to 0 feet high, ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"Increased by grafting on caragana arborescens, and as a standard forming a very singular- ... The great-flowered caragana. Identification. Doc. Prod,2. p. ..."

3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1900)
"The photograph shows that this plant (caragana arborescens) makes a good growth without irrigation in a dry climate. Throughout European Russia it is the ..."

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