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Colutea

Colutea

9.9
A small shrub from Europe and Asia with yellow flowers and inflated seed pods
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Colutea shrubs in the garden produced abundant yellow blossoms this spring.

Examples

  • Some gardeners appreciate Colutea for its unusual bladder-like seed pods.

  • Botanists were excited to find a rare species of Colutea during their fieldwork.

  • The garden features a beautiful Colutea plant.

  • Are the Coluteas blooming this spring?

  • The Colutea shrubs in the garden produced abundant yellow blossoms this spring.

  • Some gardeners appreciate Colutea for its unusual bladder-like seed pods.

  • Botanists were excited to find a rare species of Colutea during their fieldwork.

Synonyms

genus Colutea
vsColutea
  • Specialized
9.9

A small group of shrubs from Europe and Asia that have yellow flowers and puffy seed pods

is the same name but omits the taxonomic word in front

Compounds

genus Colutea
  • Specialized
9.9

A small group of shrubs from Europe and Asia that have yellow flowers and puffy seed pods

Surface Forms

Colutea singular
Coluteas plural

Etymology

Colutea comes from an old Latin name that probably meant 'bladder' or 'pouch', because this shrub makes swollen, bag-like seed pods. So the name points to the plant's yellow flowers and its bladder-like seed pods.