poison bush
1. either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep • Syn: darling pea • Hypernyms: subshrub, suffrutex • Hyponyms: smooth darling pea, Swainsona galegifolia, hairy darling pea, Swainsona greyana, Swainsona grandiflora • Member Holonyms: Swainsona, genus Swainsona 2. 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 • Syn: poison pea, gastrolobium • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: genus Gastrolobium
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