LATHYRUS TUBEROSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lathyrus tuberosus mean? 

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

1. European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATHYRUS TUBEROSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

earth-nut pea; earthnut pea; heath pea; Lathyrus tuberosus; tuberous vetch

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

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Lathyrus tuberosus" is a member of...):

genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)