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- noun A
genus (Calia) of three or four species of shrubs or small trees in the subfamilyFaboideae of thepea familyFabaceae , native to southwesternNorth America from westernTexas toNew Mexico andArizona in theUnited States , and south through Chihuahua, Coahuila and Nuevo León in northern Mexico.
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- noun shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
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