hoary pea

/ˌhɔri pi/
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Definitions of hoary pea
  1. noun
    a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
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    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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