desert pea

noun

an Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, distinctive for its blood red leaf-like flowers

Similar
Sturt peaSturt's desert peaClianthus formosusClianthus speciosus
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Meanings

noundesert pea (plural desert peas)

plural desert peas

  1. biologyan Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, distinctive for its blood red leaf-like flowers

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia

Similar
Sturt peaSturt's desert peaClianthus formosusClianthus speciosus
Broader
glory peaclianthus
Also see
sturt's desert pea

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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