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Definition of Dolichos lignosus
1. Noun. South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos.
Group relationships: Dipogon, Genus Dipogon
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolichos Lignosus
Literary usage of Dolichos lignosus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879)
"896. Lablab vulgaris, Sam; DC. Prodr. ii. 401 ; Wall. Cat. 5536; W. 4- A. Prodr.
250. dolichos lignosus, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 307 ; Bot. May. t 380. ..."
2. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"... embrace the base of the keel and ovary, the claw of the standard itself arching
strongly back from them as in dolichos lignosus L. Wings ..."
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