purple pea

purple pea
noun
any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
Syn: ↑hovea
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Hovea

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