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sweet pea
noun
- a climbing plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of the legume family, having sweet-scented flowers.
sweet pea
noun
- a climbing leguminous plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of S Europe, widely cultivated for its butterfly-shaped fragrant flowers of delicate pastel colours
Word History and Origins
Origin of sweet pea1
Example Sentences
Owner and chief Daniel Humm’s surprising pivot from traditional gourmet stand-bys like roast duck and lobster to meditations on sweet peas has set the culinary world abuzz.
It is a sight worth crossing many continents to look upon—a sweet-pea farm in full bloom.
And there were other red and white and blue flowers, too, but the sweet-pea bowl in the center was the finest of all.
She began to pick the sweet-pea blossoms, and soon had a large bunch of them.
This same pattern is used for many different flowers—the wild rose, apple blossom, sweet pea, and for foliage.
Maclane slapped his knee and looked toward the sweet-pea vines as if calling on them to agree with him.
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