PURPLE PEA

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Meaning:

Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets

Synonyms:

hovea; purple pea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("purple pea" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("purple pea" is a member of...):

genus Hovea (genus of Australian evergreen shrubs)