PURPLE PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple pea mean? 

• PURPLE PEA (noun)
  The noun PURPLE PEA has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE PEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hovea; purple pea

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Hovea (genus of Australian evergreen shrubs)