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TANGIER PEAVINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tangier peavine mean?
• TANGIER PEAVINE (noun)
The noun TANGIER PEAVINE has 1 sense:
1. North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
Familiarity information: TANGIER PEAVINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lalthyrus tingitanus; Tangier pea; Tangier peavine
Hypernyms ("Tangier peavine" is a kind of...):
wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)
Holonyms ("Tangier peavine" 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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