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GRASS PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grass pea mean? 

GRASS PEA (noun)
  The noun GRASS PEA has 1 sense:

1. European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhereplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GRASS PEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

grass pea; Indian pea; khesari; Lathyrus sativus

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

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

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

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


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