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Definition of Lathyrus tuberosus

1. Noun. European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lathyrus Tuberosus

Literary usage of Lathyrus tuberosus

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

1. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1822)
"Observations on, and Account of, the Tubers of the Lathyrus tuberosus, with Instructions for the Cultivation of the Plant in a Garden. By Mr. JAMES DICKSON, ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Botanical Journal edited by Alexander Irvine (1861)
"Lathyrus tuberosus is recorded in Lightfoot in the Appendix, ... Lathyrus tuberosus. In Dr. Hope's Collection, but where collected he does not know. ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1901)
"SPECIMENS of an unusual and very pretty sweet pea, Lathyrus tuberosus, L., were recently sent to me from Vergennes, Vermont, by Miss Ruth Fisher. ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... Lathyrus tuberosus L. Field pea; Yellow vetchling Herbaceous perennial Fields, meadows, roadsides and alluvium. Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd. ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Lathyrus tuberosus L., another perennial Old World species, with purple flowers, but with smaller thin leaflets and smaller flowers has been found in grassy ..."

6. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"3, but presume it may be meant for Lathyrus tuberosus ; a specimen of this is enclosed herewith. There is a email- flowered red, which I have often seen ..."

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