Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, of the natural order Leguminosæ and suborder Papilionaceæ, and type of the tribe Hedysareæ, having many-jointed pods, the segments separating at maturity, and the vexillary stamen free.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A genus of herbs of Northern temperate regions.
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- noun genus of herbs of north temperate regions
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Examples
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Hedysarum carnosum is a biennial fodder legume that occurs in eastern Algeria and Tunisia on saline clay soils.
Chapter 9 1990
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In similar low places, Impatiens graminifolia of Churra was seen, and Hedysarum gyrans.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Thence the country became more undulated and scarcely a tree was met with: Hedysarum gyrans commenced shortly after leaving Nurtung: a sure sign of decreasing elevation.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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It is called by the names of Sulla, and Spanish St. Foin, and is the Hedysarum coronarium of Linnaeus.
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Hedysarum obscurum L. Oxytropis nigrescens (PAL..)
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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I thank you much for Hedysarum: I do hope it is not very precious, for, as I told you, it is for probably a most foolish purpose.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Hedysarum, Darwin's experiments on (see Desmodium gyrans).
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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It is called by the names of Sulla, and Spanish St. Foin, and is the _Hedysarum coronarium_ of Linnaeus.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Of aquatic leaves, see Note on Trapa and on Fucus, in Vol.II. to which must be added that many leaves are furnished with muscles about their footstalks, to turn their upper surfaces to the air or light, as Mimosa and Hedysarum gyrans.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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a papilionaceous plant and closely allied to the genus _Hedysarum_, which has pinnate leaves with numerous pairs of leaflets.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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