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WILD PEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild pea" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild pea"):
Caley pea; Lathyrus hirsutus; rough pea; singletary pea; wild winterpea (a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop)
beach pea; Lathyrus japonicus; Lathyrus maritimus; sea pea (wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder)
Lathyrus palustris; marsh pea (scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers)
common vetchling; Lathyrus pratensis; meadow pea; yellow vetchling (scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage)
Lathyrus splendens; pride of California (shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental)
Lalthyrus tingitanus; Tangier pea; Tangier peavine (North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers)
Holonyms ("wild pea" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
