Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See pea.
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Examples
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Here is the bouquet, -- a very delicate rose, with its half-blown bud, heliotrope, geranium, lady-pea, heart's-ease; all sweet-scented flowers!
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Margaret Fuller 1830
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Here is the bouquet, ” a very delicate rose, with its half-blown bud, heliotrope, geranium, lady-pea, heart's-ease; all sweet-scented flowers!
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli Ossoli, Margaret F 1851
ruzuzu commented on the word lady-pea
See cowpea (which also mentions whippoorwills).
August 11, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word lady-pea
Thanks for the adding this word to my list ruzuzu!
August 11, 2010