caragana, n.
(kærəˈgɑːnə)
Also C-.
[mod.L. (A. van Royen Floræ Leydensis Prodromus (1740) 537), of Turkic origin; given current taxonomic status by P. C. Fabricius 1759, in Enumeratio Meth. Plant. Horti Med. Helmstadiensis 228.]
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the leguminous genus Caragana, native to central Asia and Siberia and widely planted in N. America as a hardy hedge plant; esp. the Siberian pea-tree, C. arborescens.
| 1866 Treas. Bot. 219 Caragana, the Siberian Pea Tree. 1885 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening I. 264/2 Caraganas are generally increased by grafting on C. arborescens. 1951 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 505/1 The yellow gorse-like blossoms of the caragana, or Siberian pea-tree, a hardy shrub used extensively for hedges [in Saskatchewan], are alive with bees during their short season of bloom. 1968 R. Kroetsch Alberta i. 16 When I last visited her she was out by the caragana hedge behind her ranch house. 1984 M. Epp tr. Krüssman's Man. Cultivated Broad-Leaved Trees & Shrubs I. 276/2 All the Caraganas need a location in full sun. |