BITTER PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitter pea mean? 

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

1. any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITTER PEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Daviesia; genus Daviesia (genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods)