caragana

[kar-uh-gey-nuh, -gah-]

car·a·ga·na

[kar-uh-gey-nuh, -gah-]
noun
any Asiatic tree or shrub of the genus Caragana, of the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves and mostly yellow flowers, used as hedge plants in the U.S., especially in cold regions.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin, perhaps directly < Mongolian karaγana Siberian pea tree < Turkic
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caragana

noun
any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod [syn: pea tree
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