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PERENNIAL PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perennial pea mean? 

PERENNIAL PEA (noun)
  The noun PERENNIAL PEA has 1 sense:

1. perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: PERENNIAL PEA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERENNIAL PEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

broad-leaved everlasting pea; Lathyrus latifolius; perennial pea

Hypernyms ("perennial pea" is a kind of...):

everlasting pea (any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus)

Holonyms ("perennial pea" is a member of...):

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


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