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BUTTERFLY PEA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers

Synonyms:

butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Centrosema; genus Centrosema (a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers

Synonyms:

butterfly pea; Clitoria mariana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Clitoria; genus Clitoria (genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers

Synonyms:

blue pea; butterfly pea; Clitoria turnatea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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