noun
1. evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania
• Syn: ↑Platylobium formosum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Platylobium, ↑genus Platylobium
2. European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
• Hypernyms: ↑everlasting pea
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lathyrus, ↑genus Lathyrus
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noun1.
a. : a European perennial pea (Lathyrus sylvestris) sometimes cultivated for fodder or as a green-manure crop
b. : the seed of the flat pea
2. : any of several Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs that constitute a small genus (Platylobium) and are sometimes cultivated in warm regions for their bright yellow pealike flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.