beach pea

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Noun

beach pea (plural beach peas)

  1. Various plants in family Fabaceae:
    1. Vigna marina (notched cowpea, nanea).
    2. Lathyrus japonicus (sea pea, circumpolar pea, sea vetchling), a legume native to temperate coastal areas of Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
    3. Lathyrus littoralis (silky beach pea).
    4. Galactia (milk pea, wild pea).
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