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Definition of Gastrolobium
1. Noun. Any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods.
Group relationships: Genus Gastrolobium
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastrolobium
Literary usage of Gastrolobium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1867)
"Fortunately gastrolobium occurs in no other parts of Australia, except on the
inland tract from Attack Creek to the Suttor River, where flocks must be ..."
2. Settler's Guide and Farmer's Handbook by Western Australia Dept. of Agriculture, L. Lindley-Cowen (1897)
"They bear the botanical names of the genera gastrolobium and ... lies in the
number of seeds in the pod—that of gastrolobium containing only two, ..."
3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... gastrolobium, Pultenaea, ... Aotus, Phyl- lota, gastrolobium, Pultenaea, ...
gastrolobium, Pultenaea and ..."
4. Forest Culture and Eucalyptus Trees by Ellwood Cooper (1876)
"Over some of the healthy tracts of scrub-country, toward the south-west coast,
poisonous species of gastrolobium (Gastrol ..."
5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"gastrolobium, n. scientific name of a genus of Australian shrubs, ... The species
are— gastrolobium ..."
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