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TANGIER PEAVINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tangier peavine mean? 

TANGIER PEAVINE (noun)
  The noun TANGIER PEAVINE has 1 sense:

1. North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowersplay

  Familiarity information: TANGIER PEAVINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TANGIER PEAVINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lalthyrus tingitanus; Tangier pea; Tangier peavine

Hypernyms ("Tangier peavine" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Tangier peavine" 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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