BLACK PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black pea mean? 

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

1. perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK PEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black pea; Lathyrus niger

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

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

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

genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)