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LATHYRUS SPLENDENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lathyrus splendens mean? 

LATHYRUS SPLENDENS (noun)
  The noun LATHYRUS SPLENDENS has 1 sense:

1. shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamentalplay

  Familiarity information: LATHYRUS SPLENDENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LATHYRUS SPLENDENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lathyrus splendens; pride of California

Hypernyms ("Lathyrus splendens" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Lathyrus splendens" 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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