noun
scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
• Syn: ↑Lathyrus palustris
• Hypernyms: ↑wild pea
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lathyrus, ↑genus Lathyrus
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noun : a glabrous scrambling perennial wild pea (Lathyrus palustris) of damp or marshy areas in Eurasia and No. America with winged stems, lanceolate and often mucronate leaflets, and rather large pale bluish or purplish flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.