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DARLING PEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does darling pea mean?
• DARLING PEA (noun)
The noun DARLING PEA has 1 sense:
1. either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
Familiarity information: DARLING PEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
darling pea; poison bush
Hypernyms ("darling pea" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "darling pea"):
smooth darling pea; Swainsona galegifolia (erect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowers)
hairy darling pea; Swainsona grandiflora; Swainsona greyana (shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers)
Holonyms ("darling pea" is a member of...):
genus Swainsona; Swainsona (a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas)
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