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hoary pea

DEFINITIONS OF: hoary pea

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n a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods

Types:
Tephrosia purpurea, bastard indigo
East Indian shrub
Tephrosia virginiana, catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet pea
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
Type of:
subshrub, suffrutex
low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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