Jacksonia

noun

genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches

• Syn: ↑genus Jacksonia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

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\\jakˈsōnēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from George Jackson 19th century British botanist + New Latin -ia

: a large genus of yellow-flowered Australian shrubs (family Leguminosae) with very variable leaves some of which are like needles and others merely phyllodia