MARSH PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marsh pea mean? 

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

1. scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARSH PEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lathyrus palustris; marsh pea

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

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

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

genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)