butterfly pea

butterfly pea
noun
1. vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
• Syn: ↑blue pea, ↑Clitoria turnatea
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
2. large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers
• Syn: ↑Clitoria mariana
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Clitoria, ↑genus Clitoria
3. large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Centrosema, ↑genus Centrosema

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noun
: any of several large-flowered wild peas of the closely related genera Clitoria and Centrosema: as
a. : a common twining vine (Clitoria mariana) of the southeastern and central United States with pale blue 2-inch flowers having very large standards
b. : a weakly twining to prostrate vine (Centrosema virginianum) occurring from New Jersey to tropical eastern No. America and sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers

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any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
[1855-60, Amer.]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Butterfly pea — Pea Pea, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • butterfly-pea — gauruotoji vištūnė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, pašarinis augalas (Centrosema pubescens), paplitęs Meksikoje ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Centrosema pubescens angl. butterfly pea; centro; spurred… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • butterfly-pea — virgininė vištūnė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, pašarinis augalas (Centrosema virginianum), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Centrosema virginianum angl. butterfly pea; spurred butterfly …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • butterfly-pea — mėlynoji balnapupė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, pašarinis, vaistinis augalas (Clitoria ternatea), paplitęs atogrąžose. atitikmenys: lot. Clitoria ternatea angl. blue pea; butterfly pea; cordofan pea vok.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale blue flowers. [1855 60, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • butterfly pea — /ˈbʌtəflaɪ pi/ (say butuhfluy pee) noun a leguminous tropical plant, Clitoria ternatea, with blue flowers …  

  • spurred butterfly-pea — gauruotoji vištūnė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, pašarinis augalas (Centrosema pubescens), paplitęs Meksikoje ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Centrosema pubescens angl. butterfly pea; centro; spurred… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • spurred butterfly-pea — virgininė vištūnė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, pašarinis augalas (Centrosema virginianum), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Centrosema virginianum angl. butterfly pea; spurred butterfly …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • spurred butterfly pea — noun : a butterfly pea of the genus Centrosema (especially C. virginianum) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pea — Pea, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum}, of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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