pea tree

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Noun

pea tree - any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear podcaraganagenus Caragana - large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small treesCaragana arborescens, Siberian pea tree - large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers; often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedgesCaragana sinica, Chinese pea tree - shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern Chinabush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Pea Tree

(Caragand), a genus of deciduous bushes or small trees of the family Leguminosae. The leaves are alternate or in clusters, even-pinnate, with two to ten pairs of entire leaflets. The blossoms are bisexual and grow either separately or in clusters of two to five, usually with yellow or golden yellow coloration. The pods are noticeably longer than the calyx, and their valves curl upon splitting.

There are approximately 80 species in the European part of the USSR, Middle Asia, Siberia, the Far East, Mongolia, and China. Members of Caragana grow in deserts, steppes, river bottoms, mountain slopes, taluses, forest borders, and thinned forests. There are 35 species in the Soviet Union. The common ones are the Siberian pea tree and the Russian pea tree (C. frutex), with a height of 0.5–2 m, leaves of four tightly grouped leaflets, and golden yellow blossoms. They grow in thickets in the forest and forest-steppe zones, as well as in mountainous areas. Pea trees are raised as decorative and nectariferous plants andalso are used to stabilize slopes.

pea tree

Related to pea tree: bean tree, pea plant, pear tree

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Synonyms for pea tree

noun any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod

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caragana

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genus Caragana
Caragana arborescens
Siberian pea tree
Caragana sinica
Chinese pea tree
bush
shrub