Definition of Poison pea

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.

Exact synonyms: Gastrolobium, Poison Bush
Group relationships: Genus Gastrolobium
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poison Pea

poison bush
poison camas
poison control centres
poison dart frog
poison dart frogs
poison dogwood
poison gas
poison gland
poison glands
poison hemlock
poison ivy
poison mercury
poison milkweed
poison oak
poison parsley
poison pea (current term)
poison pen
poison pen letter
poison pens
poison pill
poison pills
poison sumac
poison sumacs
poison tree bears poison fruit
poisonable
poisonberry
poisoned
poisoner
poisoners
poisoning

Literary usage of Poison pea

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... both also known as Darling-river pea, or as poison-pea, being said to poison stock ; the latter is also called indigo-plant and horse-poison plant. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Among plants poisonous to animals are the poison pea, fuchsia, scab-lily, indigo, thorn-apple, box, mistletoe, and nutgrass. Many English ami foreign ..."

3. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"On the Darling, this is called " the poison pea," and it is reported to cause madness, if not death itself, to horses. The poison seems to act on the brain, ..."

4. Recollections of a Happy Life: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North by Marianne North (1892)
"One sort, called the poison pea, has a wicked attraction for sheep, which will run far after it, eat it greedily, and then die of atrophy in consequence, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Poison pea on Dictionary.com!Search for Poison pea on Thesaurus.com!Search for Poison pea on Google!Search for Poison pea on Wikipedia!

Search