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EARTH-NUT PEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
Synonyms:
earth-nut pea; earthnut pea; heath pea; Lathyrus tuberosus; tuberous vetch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("earth-nut pea" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("earth-nut pea" is a member of...):
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)