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Definition of Hippocrepis comosa
1. Noun. European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippocrepis Comosa
Literary usage of Hippocrepis comosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"Hippocrepis comosa. tinged, but definitely striped with dark purple. ...
Hippocrepis comosa, one of our prettiest natives, like a refined, ..."
2. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1895)
"Hippocrepis comosa, Linne. The Horse-shoe Vetch. Middle and Southern Europe,
North- Africa. A perennial fodder-herb, not without importance. ..."
3. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"Hippocrepis comosa (Tufted Horse-Shoe Vetch).—This is a member of a small family
of European plants mostly annual, and is the only perennial in cultivation ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Hippocrepis comosa, L.—Ger. More commonly known in books as Horse-shoe Vetch.
Prior, p. 119. Horse Sorrel. ..."
5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1827)
"Hippocrepis comosa is her>, but H. scorpioides, Req. is more common *. The difference
between English and French gardens has been usually held forth as ..."
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