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LATHYRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea
Synonyms:
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lathyrus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Lathyrus"):
Lathyrus vernus; spring vetch; spring vetchling (bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers)
earth-nut pea; earthnut pea; heath pea; Lathyrus tuberosus; tuberous vetch (European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey)
Lalthyrus tingitanus; Tangier pea; Tangier peavine (North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers)
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)
Lathyrus splendens; pride of California (shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental)
grass pea; Indian pea; khesari; Lathyrus sativus (European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere)
common vetchling; Lathyrus pratensis; meadow pea; yellow vetchling (scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage)
Lathyrus palustris; marsh pea (scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers)
Lathyrus odoratus; sweet pea; sweetpea (climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers)
grass vetch; grass vetchling; Lathyrus nissolia (annual European vetch with red flowers)
black pea; Lathyrus niger (perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying)
beach pea; Lathyrus japonicus; Lathyrus maritimus; sea pea (wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder)
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)
everlasting pea (any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus)
vetchling (any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils)
Holonyms ("Lathyrus" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
