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MARSH PEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
Synonyms:
Lathyrus palustris; marsh pea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("marsh pea" is a kind of...):
wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)
Holonyms ("marsh pea" is a member of...):
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)