Definition of Lathyrus niger

1. Noun. Perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying.

Exact synonyms: Black Pea
Group relationships: Genus Lathyrus, Lathyrus
Generic synonyms: Vetchling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lathyrus Niger

Late Latin
Late Middle Ages
Late antiquity
Lateef
Lateran
Lateran Council
Lateran Palace
Lateran Treaty
Latgalian
Latgalians
Lathyrus
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lathyrus japonicus
Lathyrus latifolius
Lathyrus maritimus
Lathyrus niger (current term)
Lathyrus nissolia
Lathyrus odoratus
Lathyrus palustris
Lathyrus pratensis
Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus splendens
Lathyrus sylvestris
Lathyrus tuberosus
Lathyrus vernus
Latian
Latic
Latimeria
Latimeria chalumnae
Latimeridae

Literary usage of Lathyrus niger

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

1. Flowers, Fruits and Leaves by John Lubbock (1886)
"Lathyrus niger. FIG. 89.—Lathyrus aphaca. unlike its congeners. Fig. 88 represents L. niger with leaves of the ordinary type. In the yellow pea (L. aphaca, ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"Red, violet and then black—many of the higher fungi, especially Agaricaceae; wheat seedlings, potatoes, apples, nuts, Lathyrus niger, secretions of certain ..."

3. Mountain and moor by John Ellor Taylor, Josiah Wood Whymper (1879)
"Lathyrus niger is another Alpine member of the same order, confined to the Scottish mountain valleys. ..."

4. Transactions and Proceedings by Perthshire Society of Natural Science (1903)
"... mainly from White's Flora of Perthshire). Vicia Orobus, DC.— Kinloch- Origanum vulgare, ] Blair-Atholl. Rannoch and Glen Tilt. Lathyrus niger, Wimm. ..."

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