PISUM ARVENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pisum arvense mean? 

• PISUM ARVENSE (noun)
  The noun PISUM ARVENSE has 1 sense:

1. variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage

  Familiarity information: PISUM ARVENSE used as a noun is very rare.

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• PISUM ARVENSE (noun)

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Meaning:

Variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Austrian winter pea; field-pea plant; field pea; Pisum arvense; Pisum sativum arvense

Hypernyms ("Pisum arvense" is a kind of...):

pea; pea plant (a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds)

Meronyms (parts of "Pisum arvense"):

field pea (coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender)

field pea (seed of the field pea plant)