pea : Idioms & Phrases

An*go"la pea`

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1. (Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

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• noun sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
  Lotus tetragonolobus; asparagus pea.
  

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• noun South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  Dipogon lignosus; Dolichos lignosus.
  

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• noun variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
  Pisum sativum arvense; field pea; Pisum arvense; Austrian winter pea.
  

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• noun wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
  beach pea; Lathyrus maritimus; Lathyrus japonicus.
  

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• (Bot.), a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.

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• noun any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia
  

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• noun perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
  Lathyrus niger.
  

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• noun fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
  cowpea.
  
• noun sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
  Vigna sinensis; cowpea plant; Vigna unguiculata; cowpea.
  
• noun eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
  cowpea.
  

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• a West Indian name for Dolichos sphærospermus and its seed.

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• noun vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
  Clitoria turnatea; blue pea.
  

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• noun perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
  broad-leaved everlasting pea; Lathyrus latifolius.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers
  

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• (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.

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• noun vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
  Clitoria turnatea; blue pea.
  
• noun large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers
  Clitoria mariana.
  
• noun large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
  Centrosema virginianum.
  

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• the American plant Clitoria Mariana, having showy blossoms.

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• noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  red gram; dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; cajan pea; catjang pea; pigeon pea.
  
• noun small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
  cajan pea; dahl.
  

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• noun a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
  wild winterpea; Caley pea; rough pea; Lathyrus hirsutus.
  

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• noun common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
  Vicia cracca; tufted vetch; bird vetch.
  

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• noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  red gram; dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; cajan pea; catjang pea; pigeon pea.
  

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• noun spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
  Pickeringia montana; stingaree-bush.
  

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• . See Chick-pea.

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Chick"-pea` noun

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1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the sounth of Europe; the chick; the dwarf pea; the gram.
2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

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• noun shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern China
  Caragana sinica.
  

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Cich"-pea` noun

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1. The chick-pea. Holland.

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• noun low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
  Playlobium obtusangulum; native holly.
  

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• noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
  

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• noun any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
  

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• noun either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
  poison bush.
  

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• noun sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
  desert pea; Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; Sturt pea.
  

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• noun European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
  earth-nut pea; tuberous vetch; earthnut pea; Lathyrus tuberosus.
  

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• noun European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
  earth-nut pea; tuberous vetch; earthnut pea; Lathyrus tuberosus.
  

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• noun a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea
  edible-pod pea; Pisum sativum macrocarpon.
  

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• noun a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea
  edible-pod pea; Pisum sativum macrocarpon.
  

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• noun Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
  chickpea; Cicer arietinum; chickpea plant.
  

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• . Same as Chick-pea.

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• noun any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus
  

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• an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; so called because it is perennial.

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• noun seed of the field pea plant
  
• noun variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
  Pisum sativum arvense; field pea; Pisum arvense; Austrian winter pea.
  
• noun coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender
  

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• noun variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
  Pisum sativum arvense; field pea; Pisum arvense; Austrian winter pea.
  

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• noun any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia
  

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• noun evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania
  Platylobium formosum.
  
• noun European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
  Lathyrus sylvestris; flat pea.
  

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• noun the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant
  
• noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
  
• noun fresh pea
  garden pea.
  

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• noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
  

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• noun any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes
  clianthus.
  

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• (Bot.), the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers.

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• noun western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers
  Thermopsis macrophylla; golden pea; false lupine.
  

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• noun pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
  goober; peanut; monkey nut; earthnut; groundnut.
  

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• noun European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
  grass pea; Lathyrus sativus; khesari.
  

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• noun fresh pea
  garden pea.
  

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• noun made of fresh green peas and stock with shredded lettuce onion and celery
  potage St. Germain.
  

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• noun shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers
  Swainsona grandiflora; Swainsona greyana.
  

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• noun woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America
  balloon vine; Cardiospermum halicacabum.
  

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• noun European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
  earth-nut pea; tuberous vetch; earthnut pea; Lathyrus tuberosus.
  

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• (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky.

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• noun a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
  

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• any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.

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• noun European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
  grass pea; Lathyrus sativus; khesari.
  

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• a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus.

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• . (Med.) See under Issue, and Orris.

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• (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.

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• noun a variety of large pea that is commonly processed and sold in cans
  

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• noun scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
  Lathyrus palustris.
  

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• noun scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
  yellow vetchling; Lathyrus pratensis; common vetchling.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants.

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• noun marrowfat peas that have been soaked overnight and then boiled; served with fish and chips
  

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• noun European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
  Lathyrus sylvestris; flat pea.
  

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• (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.

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• noun tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  Cassia fasciculata; partridge pea; Chamaecrista fasciculata; wild sensitive plant.
  

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• (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Chamæcrista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States.

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• noun white-seeded bean; usually dried
  navy bean; white bean.
  

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• a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Pea weevil.

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• a size of coal smaller than nut coal.

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• noun tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks
  

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• (Zoöl.), any small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species (P. pisum) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle.

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• (Zoöl.), the American ground dove.

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• noun a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
  legume family; Leguminosae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; Fabaceae.
  

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• noun meal made from dried peas
  

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• noun a shade of green tinged with yellow
  yellow green; chartreuse; yellowish green; Paris green.
  

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• noun a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket
  peacoat.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the larva of a European moth (Tortrix pisi), which is very destructive to peas.

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• (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.

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• noun a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
  pea.
  

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• noun husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas
  peasecod.
  

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• noun a straight narrow tube through which pellets (as dried peas) can be blown at a target
  

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• noun a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)
  
• noun a heavy thick yellow fog
  pea soup.
  

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• the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.

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• noun any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
  caragana.
  

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• (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.

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• . (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas . (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States (Lathyrus Americana, and other similar species).

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• noun larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
  Bruchus pisorum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which destroys peas by eating out the interior.

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• noun a young peafowl
  peachick.
  

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• (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionaceæ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. G. Bentham.

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• adjective satellite of a moderate slightly yellowish-green color
  

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Pea"-jack`et noun

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1. A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.

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• noun a heavy thick yellow fog
  pea soup.
  

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• noun a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg
  

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• noun perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
  broad-leaved everlasting pea; Lathyrus latifolius.
  

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• noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  red gram; dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; cajan pea; catjang pea; pigeon pea.
  
• noun small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
  cajan pea; dahl.
  

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• (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself.
• . (Bot.) See Pigeon pea.

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• noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  red gram; dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; cajan pea; catjang pea; pigeon pea.
  

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• noun 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
  poison bush; gastrolobium.
  

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• noun any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
  hovea.
  

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• noun a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
  wild winterpea; Caley pea; rough pea; Lathyrus hirsutus.
  

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• noun wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
  beach pea; Lathyrus maritimus; Lathyrus japonicus.
  

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• noun tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  Cassia fasciculata; partridge pea; Chamaecrista fasciculata; wild sensitive plant.
  

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• noun trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers
  Parochetus communis.
  

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• noun large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers; often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedges
  Caragana arborescens.
  

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• (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Cragana arborescens) with yellow flowers. It is a native of Siberia.

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• noun a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
  wild winterpea; Caley pea; rough pea; Lathyrus hirsutus.
  

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• noun erect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowers
  Swainsona galegifolia.
  

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• noun variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods
  snap pea.
  

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• noun variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods
  snow pea.
  
• noun green peas with flat edible pods
  snow pea.
  

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• hulled pease split for making soup, etc.

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• noun dried hulled pea; used in soup
  

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• noun made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery
  

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• noun sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
  desert pea; Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; Sturt pea.
  

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• noun sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
  desert pea; Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; Sturt pea.
  

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• noun variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods
  snow pea.
  
• noun green peas with flat edible pods
  snow pea.
  

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• noun variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods
  snap pea.
  
• noun green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat
  

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• noun climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
  Lathyrus odoratus; sweetpea.
  

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• (Bot.), the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.

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• noun North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
  Tangier peavine; Lalthyrus tingitanus.
  

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• noun vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
  Hardenbergia comnptoniana.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines
  

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• noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
  goat's rue; Tephrosia virginiana; catgut.
  

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• noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
  winged bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; goa bean; goa bean vine.
  
• noun sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
  Lotus tetragonolobus; asparagus pea.
  

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• noun western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers
  Thermopsis macrophylla; golden pea; false lupine.
  

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