poison bush

n 1: 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 [syn: {poison pea},

{gastrolobium}]

2: either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that

are poisonous to sheep [syn: {darling pea}]