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PISUM SATIVUM MACROCARPON

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Meaning:

A variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea

Synonyms:

edible-pod pea; edible-podded pea; Pisum sativum macrocarpon

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pisum sativum macrocarpon" is a kind of...):

pea; pea plant (a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pisum sativum macrocarpon"):

snow pea; sugar pea (variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods)

snap pea; sugar snap pea (variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods)

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