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chaparral pea

noun

  1. a spiny bush, Pickeringia montana, of the legume family, having large purple flowers and sometimes forming dense thickets in the Pacific coast regions of the United States.


chaparral pea

noun

  1. a thorny leguminous Californian shrub, Pickeringia montana, with reddish-purple showy flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chaparral pea1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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