LATHYRUS HIRSUTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lathyrus hirsutus mean? 

• LATHYRUS HIRSUTUS (noun)
  The noun LATHYRUS HIRSUTUS has 1 sense:

1. a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop

  Familiarity information: LATHYRUS HIRSUTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATHYRUS HIRSUTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caley pea; Lathyrus hirsutus; rough pea; singletary pea; wild winterpea

Hypernyms ("Lathyrus hirsutus" is a kind of...):

wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)