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Definition of Everlasting pea
1. Noun. Any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus.
Specialized synonyms: Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea, Lathyrus Latifolius, Perennial Pea, Flat Pea, Lathyrus Sylvestris, Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Everlasting Pea
Literary usage of Everlasting pea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"everlasting pea Style dilated and flattish (not grooved) above, hairy along the
inner side (next the free stamen). Sheath of the filaments scarcely oblique ..."
2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"All are peculiarly suited for rough The White everlasting pea (Lathyrus latifolius
albus). places, and will scramble over bushes. ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"All are peculiarly suited for rough The White everlasting pea (I^thyrus ...
It has not so far varied in colour as the everlasting pea, but it may do so yet, ..."
4. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"L. latifolius (everlasting pea).—One of the hardiest and most easily ... It has
not so far varied in colour as the everlasting pea, but it may do so yet, ..."
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