INDIAN PEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere

Synonyms:

grass pea; Indian pea; khesari; Lathyrus sativus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

vetchling (any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils)

Holonyms ("Indian 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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