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TANGIER PEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Tangier pea mean?

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

1. North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers

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

Dictionary entry details

• TANGIER PEA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lalthyrus tingitanus; Tangier pea; Tangier peavine

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

wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)

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

genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)

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