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BUTTERFLY PEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
Synonyms:
butterfly pea; Centrosema virginianum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("butterfly pea" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("butterfly pea" is a member of...):
Centrosema; genus Centrosema (a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers
Synonyms:
butterfly pea; Clitoria mariana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("butterfly pea" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("butterfly pea" is a member of...):
Clitoria; genus Clitoria (genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
Synonyms:
blue pea; butterfly pea; Clitoria turnatea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("butterfly pea" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
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