Chinese pea tree

Chinese pea tree
noun
shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern China
Syn: ↑Caragana sinica
Hypernyms: ↑pea tree, ↑caragana

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a bushy shrub (Caragana sinica) with angular branches, stipules that become stiff thorns, and solitary reddish yellow flowers

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