NOUN | plant | flat pea, Platylobium formosum | evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings |
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plant | flat pea, narrow-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus sylvestris | European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink |
Meaning | evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania. | |
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Synonym | Platylobium formosum | |
Member of | Platylobium, genus Platylobium | small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
Meaning | European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure. | |
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Synonyms | narrow-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus sylvestris | |
Member of | Lathyrus, genus Lathyrus | genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America |
Broader | everlasting pea | Any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus |
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