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Definition of Swainsona
1. Noun. A genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Fabaceae, Family Fabaceae, Family Leguminosae, Legume Family, Leguminosae, Pea Family
Member holonyms: Darling Pea, Poison Bush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swainsona
Literary usage of Swainsona
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1815)
"... in Swainsona is terminal, in Co LUTE A lateral ; and the flight difference in
the confidence of the Legumen, which appears to us not very remarkable ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Purp'le-flower'd Swainsona. Nat. of New South Wales. Colonel William Paterson.
Introd. 1802, by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. ..."
3. Narrative of an Expedition Into Central Australia, Performed Under the by Charles Sturt (1849)
"Swainsona ? (laxa) glabra, caule ramoso, ... and as the fruit is unknown, and
the flowers yellow, I refer it with a doubt to Swainsona. ..."
4. The Forage Plants of Australia by Frederick Turner (1891)
"M. " Orobus like Swainsona." llora Austr., Vol. 7/, p. 222. ... Under these
circumstances they are not long in germinating. Swainsona ..."
5. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1815)
"... in Swainsona is terminal, in Co LUTE A lateral ; and the flight difference in
the confidence of the Legumen, which appears to us not very remarkable ..."
6. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Purp'le-flower'd Swainsona. Nat. of New South Wales. Colonel William Paterson.
Introd. 1802, by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. ..."
7. Narrative of an Expedition Into Central Australia, Performed Under the by Charles Sturt (1849)
"... in any more recent work in which the generic character of Swainsona is given.
8. Swainsona ? (laxa) glabra, caule ramoso, ... with a doubt to Swainsona. ..."
8. The Forage Plants of Australia by Frederick Turner (1891)
"M. " Orobus like Swainsona." llora Austr., Vol. 7/, p. 222. ... Under these
circumstances they are not long in germinating. Swainsona ..."
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