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Definition of Grass pea
1. Noun. European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere.
Group relationships: Genus Lathyrus, Lathyrus
Generic synonyms: Vetchling
Literary usage of Grass pea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"The grass-pea, vetchling or chickling vetch, is native to the Mediterranean region
eastward to central Asia. Its culture, which is very ancient, ..."
2. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"Most of the seedsmen are not in favor of the grass pea. I would not eay, " Do
not grow it," because, where the Pea Weevil prevents the growth of the proper ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1901)
"The grass pea produces straw of goad length and of good quality, ... In seven
years' experiments at the College, the grass pea has produced aa average of ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"The grass pea (L. nissolia, Fig. 32) is also a small species. It lives in meadows
and the grassy borders of fields, and has lost altogether, ..."
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