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EVERLASTING PEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "everlasting pea"):

broad-leaved everlasting pea; Lathyrus latifolius; perennial pea (perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America)

flat pea; Lathyrus sylvestris; narrow-leaved everlasting pea (European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure)

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

genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)

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