Definition of Colutea
: a small genus of Eurasian shrubs (family Leguminosae) with yellow flowers and a bladdery inflated fruit pod — see bladder senna
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Origin and Etymology of colutea
New Latin, from Greek koloutea, koloitia, a kind of tree or shrub (perhaps a species of Cytisus)
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