AUSTRALIAN PEA

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 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 Dolichos

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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