Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any plant that bears peas.
- noun In Australia, any one of several plants belonging to the pea or bean family, Fabaceæ.
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Examples
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She remembered that for some time the child had spoken more cheerfully, and during the last few days had raised herself in bed in the morning to look with sparkling eyes at her little garden which contained only a single pea-plant.
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A pea-plant, with ternate leaves, and fine yellow blossoms, was found near our camp:
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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