desert pea
desert pea · desert peas
An Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, distinctive for its blood red leaf-like…An Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, distinctive for its blood red leaf-like flowers
Meaning
1 sensesAn Australian plant in the genus Swainsona, distinctive for its blood red leaf-like flowers
More definitions
- sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
Forms
plural: desert peas| Singular | desert pea |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia:Sturt peaSturt-ap-s desert peaClianthus formosusClianthus speciosus
See also
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