POISON PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poison pea mean? 

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

1. any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POISON PEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gastrolobium; poison bush; poison pea

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Gastrolobium (genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock: poison bush)