Australian pea

Australian pea
noun
South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
Hypernyms: ↑vine
Member Holonyms: ↑Dipogon, ↑genus Dipogon

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized A
: an evergreen partly woody vine (Dolichos lignosus) having 3-foliolate leaves, rose-purple or white flowers, and black seeds in a flat pod

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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