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Definition of Lathyrus hirsutus
1. Noun. A weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lathyrus Hirsutus
Literary usage of Lathyrus hirsutus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1804)
"Stalks two-flowered. Tendrils bearing a pair of linear-lanceolate leaves.
Pods hairy. Seeds rough. SYN. Lathyrus hirsutus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1032. Sm. Fl. Brit. ..."
2. Topographical Botany: Being Local and Personal Records Towards Shewing the by Hewett Cottrell Watson (1874)
"307 Lathyrus hirsutus, Linn. Note. ... July I visited the Surrey station for
Lathyrus hirsutus, and found the plant pretty abundant, and now not growing in ..."
3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1846)
"I rather think I once found it at Harlow, but my specimen is not far enough
advanced to judge. I am also quoted for Lathyrus hirsutus, " near the shore ..."
4. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1833)
"Lathyrus hirsutus, Linn.?—Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 726.)—Not possessing fruit of
this and the last species, we cannot decide with certainty what they are. ..."
5. A System of Physiological Botany by Patrick Keith (1816)
"The surface is smooth, as in Lathyrus Nissolia; or rough, as in Lathyrus hirsutus.
Such is the general character of the legume; but there is also a peculiar ..."
6. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
"*Lathyrus hirsutus L. On vacant lots and street-parking, Salem; also reported by
Sheldon from Portland. 51. *Lathyrus sphaericus Retz. ..."