AUSTRALIAN PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Australian pea mean? 

• AUSTRALIAN PEA (noun)
  The noun AUSTRALIAN PEA has 1 sense:

1. South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

  Familiarity information: AUSTRALIAN PEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSTRALIAN PEA (noun)

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Meaning:

South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Australian pea; Dipogon lignosus; Dolichos lignosus

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

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

Holonyms ("Australian pea" is a member of...):

Dipogon; genus Dipogon (one species: Australian pea)