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INDIAN PEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian pea mean?
• INDIAN PEA (noun)
The noun INDIAN PEA has 1 sense:
1. European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
Familiarity information: INDIAN PEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
grass pea; Indian pea; khesari; Lathyrus sativus
Hypernyms ("Indian pea" is a kind of...):
vetchling (any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils)
Holonyms ("Indian 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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