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WILD WINTERPEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does wild winterpea mean?

• WILD WINTERPEA (noun)
The noun WILD WINTERPEA has 1 sense:

1. a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop

Familiarity information: WILD WINTERPEA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WILD WINTERPEA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caley pea; Lathyrus hirsutus; rough pea; singletary pea; wild winterpea

Hypernyms ("wild winterpea" is a kind of...):

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

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