sweet pea

American  

noun

1. a climbing plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of the legume family, having sweet-scented flowers.

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sweet pea British  

noun

1. a climbing leguminous plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of S Europe, widely cultivated for its butterfly-shaped fragrant flowers of delicate pastel colours

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Etymology

Origin of sweet pea

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

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sweet pea

Others described cravings: “Goulash soup and sweet pea soup.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

In the year that followed, he made dozens of sentences at a painstaking rate of about one character per minute: “Goulash soup and sweet pea soup.”

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2022

Many local nurseries stock Renee’s Garden seeds, a West Coast source known for its extensive sweet pea collection.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022

The sweet pea soup with coconut and ginger from Comoros comes together quickly and tastes like your favorite cozy sweater feels.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2020

One page after Tanaina Plantlore enumerates the wild potato, it describes a closely related species, wild sweet pea, Hedysarum mackenzii.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer