pea plant


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Noun1.pea plant - a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seedspea plant - a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
genus Pisum, Pisum - small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas
pea - the fruit or seed of a pea plant
common pea, garden pea plant, Pisum sativum, garden pea - plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon - a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea
Austrian winter pea, field-pea plant, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field pea - variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
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The pea plant uptake a total of 30-50% Cu(II) after 30 days and 30-60% of Cu(II) after 60 days of growth from soil amended with four different concentrations of metal solution alone or combined with the pathogen (Table 1).
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