1. large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal; [syn: Oxytropis, genus Oxytropis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Oxytropis
n 1: large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or
subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate
flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal
[syn: Oxytropis, genus Oxytropis]