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Definition of Dalea
1. Noun. Indigo bush.
Exact synonyms: Genus Dalea
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Dalea Spinosa, Smoke Tree
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Dalea Spinosa, Smoke Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dalea
Literary usage of Dalea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Dalea, Linn. Calyx nearly equally 5-cleft or toothed. ... Dalea proper. * Herbaceous:
flowers erect or ascending, in dense spikes, with conspicuous bracts: ..."
2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"The branchlets are browsed by cattle, horses, and deer and the flowers are visited
by the honey-bee. 3. Dalea L. Glandular punctate herbs, ..."