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FLAT PEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
Synonyms:
flat pea; Lathyrus sylvestris; narrow-leaved everlasting pea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flat pea" is a kind of...):
everlasting pea (any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus)
Holonyms ("flat pea" is a member of...):
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania
Synonyms:
flat pea; Platylobium formosum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("flat pea" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("flat pea" is a member of...):
genus Platylobium; Platylobium (small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs)
