LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lathyrus sylvestris mean? 

• LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS (noun)
  The noun LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS has 1 sense:

1. European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure

  Familiarity information: LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS (noun)

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Meaning:

European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flat pea; Lathyrus sylvestris; narrow-leaved everlasting pea

Hypernyms ("Lathyrus sylvestris" is a kind of...):

everlasting pea (any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus)

Holonyms ("Lathyrus sylvestris" is a member of...):

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