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PERENNIAL PEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perennial pea mean?
• PERENNIAL PEA (noun)
The noun PERENNIAL PEA has 1 sense:
1. perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
Familiarity information: PERENNIAL PEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
broad-leaved everlasting pea; Lathyrus latifolius; perennial pea
Hypernyms ("perennial pea" is a kind of...):
everlasting pea (any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus)
Holonyms ("perennial 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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