HEATH PEA

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("heath 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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