Hardenbergia

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A genus of Australian herbs or woody climbers, belonging to the natural order Leguminosæ, tribe Phaseoleæ, distinguished botanically by the strophiolate seeds, small violet flowers, very short calyx-teeth, and a corolla the keel of which is shorter than its wings.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• proper noun A small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia.

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• noun small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia