ANAGYRIS FOETIDA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anagyris foetida mean? 

• ANAGYRIS FOETIDA (noun)
  The noun ANAGYRIS FOETIDA has 1 sense:

1. shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed

  Familiarity information: ANAGYRIS FOETIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANAGYRIS FOETIDA (noun)

Meaning:

Shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anagyris foetida; bean trefoil; stinking bean trefoil

Hypernyms ("Anagyris foetida" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("Anagyris foetida" is a member of...):

Anagyris; genus Anagyris (very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods)