sicklepod

• Tropische Pflanze oder Halbstrauch mit gelben Blüten und dünnen, sichelförmig gekrümmten Hülsen, die oft als Unkraut gilt; auch eine nordamerikanische Zahnwurz-Art mit sehr langen, gebogenen Hülsen.

A noun referring to a tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods, often considered a weed; also a North American rock cress with very long curved pods.

1. Tropical weedC1formalscientific

   A cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.

   Sichelhülse

   • Sicklepod is often found in tropical regions and can become invasive.
   • The farmer struggled to control the sicklepod in his soybean field.
   • Sicklepod's yellow flowers and curved pods make it easy to identify.

   Synonymewild senna

2. C1formalamericanscientific

   A North American rock cress having very long curved pods.

   Sichelschote

   • The North American sicklepod is a type of rock cress with distinctive curved pods.
   • Hikers in the Rocky Mountains might encounter the native sicklepod.
   • This species of sicklepod is adapted to rocky, mountainous terrain.