BUTTERFLY PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butterfly pea mean? 

• BUTTERFLY PEA (noun)
  The noun BUTTERFLY PEA has 3 senses:

1. vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers

2. large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers

3. large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers

  Familiarity information: BUTTERFLY PEA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTERFLY PEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue pea; butterfly pea; Clitoria turnatea

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly pea; Clitoria mariana

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

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

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

Clitoria; genus Clitoria (genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum

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

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

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

Centrosema; genus Centrosema (a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers)