CLIANTHUS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does clianthus mean? 

• CLIANTHUS (noun)
  The noun CLIANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes

  Familiarity information: CLIANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIANTHUS (noun)

Meaning:

Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clianthus; glory pea

Hypernyms ("clianthus" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clianthus"):

Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; desert pea; Sturt pea; Sturt's desert pea (sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia)

Clianthus puniceus; parrot's beak; parrot's bill (evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand)

Holonyms ("clianthus" is a member of...):

genus Clianthus (genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines)