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Swainsona

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Noun1.Swainsona - a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
genus Swainsona
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
darling pea, poison bush - either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
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It was used to study glucoprotein N-link oligosaccharide as an instrument drug, since it was separated initially from the fruit of Australian Swainsona canescens and North America locoweed (including Astragalus and Oxytropis spp.
Inhibition of the growth of human gastric carcinoma in vivo and in ... by Sun, J.-Y.; Zhu, M.-Z.; Wang, S.-W.; Miao, S.; Xie, Y.-H.; Wang, J.-B. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
One example is the once widespread, endangered plant, Swainsona recta (the small purple pea), which survives only in fragmented grasslands and woodlands along roadsides, railway easements and within reserves.
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