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BUSH PEA

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bush pea"):

false lupine; golden pea; Thermopsis macrophylla; yellow pea (western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers)

Carolina lupine; Thermopsis villosa (eastern United States bush pea)

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

genus Thermopsis; Thermopsis (genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas)

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