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DESERT PEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desert pea mean?
• DESERT PEA (noun)
The noun DESERT PEA has 1 sense:
1. sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
Familiarity information: DESERT PEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Clianthus formosus; Clianthus speciosus; desert pea; Sturt's desert pea; Sturt pea
Hypernyms ("desert pea" is a kind of...):
clianthus; glory pea (any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes)
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