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Definition of Glory pea
1. Noun. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes.
Group relationships: Genus Clianthus
Specialized synonyms: Clianthus Formosus, Clianthus Speciosus, Desert Pea, Sturt Pea, Sturt's Desert Pea, Clianthus Puniceus, Parrot's Beak, Parrot's Bill
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glory Pea
Literary usage of Glory pea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1871)
"... or " glory pea." My children call them " Scarlet Birds." Mr. В. К. Bliss favors
us with an illustration of it, and says : " It is one of the most ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... as one of the most difficult to raise of all greenhouse plants, it being very
impatient of any disturbance of the root, and being subject glory pea ..."
3. The Unheated Greenhouse by K. L. Davidson (1907)
"One of the most gorgeous of Australasian leguminous plants, Clianthus puniceus,
is sometimes called the glory pea of New Zealand. ..."
4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"... glory pea, a species from the desert regions of Australia, is by far the most
beautiful of the genus, either for the green-house or the border. ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"glory pea. GLORY VINE. PARROT'S BILL. Tender half-trailing shrubs, with large,
... glory pea. Fig. 999. Height 2-4 ft.: plant glaucous and hoary, ..."
6. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"It is very inferior in beauty to the common glory pea, but it is still worth
cultivating for its pink flowers, ..."
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