PEA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pea tree mean? 

• PEA TREE (noun)
  The noun PEA TREE has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod

  Familiarity information: PEA TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEA TREE (noun)

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caragana; pea tree

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pea tree"):

Caragana arborescens; Siberian pea tree (large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers; often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedges)

Caragana sinica; Chinese pea tree (shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern China)

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

genus Caragana (large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees)