Australian pea


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Noun1.Australian pea - South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos lignosus
Dipogon, genus Dipogon - one species: Australian pea
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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