marsh pea

marsh pea
noun
scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
Syn: ↑Lathyrus palustris
Hypernyms: ↑wild pea
Member Holonyms: ↑Lathyrus, ↑genus Lathyrus

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noun
: a glabrous scrambling perennial wild pea (Lathyrus palustris) of damp or marshy areas in Eurasia and No. America with winged stems, lanceolate and often mucronate leaflets, and rather large pale bluish or purplish flowers

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