genus Ononis

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genus Ononis - genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrowOnonisrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsPapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family PapilionaceaeOnonis repens, restharrow, rest-harrow - European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runnersOnonis spinosa, restharrow, rest-harrow - Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots