Definition of Thermopsis

1. Noun. Genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas.

Exact synonyms: Genus Thermopsis
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Bush Pea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermopsis

Theotokos
Therapeutæ
Theraphosidae
Therapsida
Theravada
Theravada Buddhism
Theravadin
Theresa
Theridiidae
Thermageddon
Thermidor
Thermidorian
Thermidorians
Thermobia
Thermobia domestica
Thermopsis (current term)
Thermopsis macrophylla
Thermopsis villosa
Thermopylae
Thermus aquaticus Rt41A proteinase
Thermus aquaticus carboxypeptidase
Thermus filiformis nuclease
Theseus
Thespesia
Thespesia populnea
Thespian
Thespians
Thespis
Thesprotia
Thesprotian

Literary usage of Thermopsis

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

1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"The name of Thermopsis, indeed, indicates this latter resemblance, as it is from two Greek ... Thermopsis RHOMBIFOLIA, Nntt. THE RHOMBOID-LEAVED Thermopsis. ..."

2. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous & Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"Native of Siberia. The flowers precede those of the Foxtail S. by about a month. Thermopsis.—This is a small genus of handsome and interesting plants ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Thermopsis R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 3: 3. 1811. ... Alleghany Thermopsis. Fig. 2451. Podalyria mollis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. I : 264. 1803. ..."

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