wild pea
Noun
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Any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines (synset 112559811)
is a type of: legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosaesubtypes:
- caley pea, lathyrus hirsutus, rough pea, singletary pea, wild winterpea - a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop
- beach pea, lathyrus japonicus, lathyrus maritimus, sea pea - wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
- lathyrus palustris, marsh pea - scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
- common vetchling, lathyrus pratensis, meadow pea, yellow vetchling - scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
- lathyrus splendens, pride of california - shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
- lalthyrus tingitanus, tangier pea, tangier peavine - North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
belongs to: fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
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