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LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS
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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 ("Lathyrus sylvestris" is a kind of...):
everlasting pea (any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus)
Holonyms ("Lathyrus sylvestris" is a member of...):
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)