poison bush


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Noun1.Poison bush - any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded podspoison bush - any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods
genus Gastrolobium - genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock: poison bush
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2.poison bush - either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
genus Swainsona, Swainsona - a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
smooth darling pea, Swainsona galegifolia - erect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowers
hairy darling pea, Swainsona grandiflora, Swainsona greyana - shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers
subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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