noun
shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
• Syn: ↑Lathyrus splendens
• Hypernyms: ↑wild pea
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lathyrus, ↑genus Lathyrus
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Usage: usually capitalized C
: a California wild pea (Lathyrus splendens) that is cultivated for ornament and has long climbing stems and large pink or violet flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.