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    AUSTRALIAN PEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichosplay

    Synonyms:

    Australian pea; Dipogon lignosus; Dolichos lignosus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

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

    Dipogon; genus Dipogon (one species: Australian pea)

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