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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several climbing plants of the genus Lathyrus of the pea family, especially the annual vine L. odoratus, native to Sicily and widely cultivated for its variously colored, fragrant flowers.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See sweet pea, under pea.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A flowering plant, Lathyrus odoratus, grown for its bright colours and sweet fragrance.
  • noun A colloquial term of endearment for something sweet or lovely; a child or a pet, for example.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
  • noun climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers

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