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Detailed Synonyms for butterfly pea in English

butterfly pea:

butterfly pea [the ~] nomen

  1. the butterfly pea
    – large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers 1
    the Centrosema virginianum; the butterfly pea
    – large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers 1
  2. the butterfly pea
    – large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers 1
    the Clitoria mariana; the butterfly pea
    – large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers 1
  3. the butterfly pea
    – vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers 1
    the butterfly pea; the Clitoria turnatea; the blue pea
    – vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers 1

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Related Definitions for "butterfly pea":

  1. large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers1
  2. large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers1
  3. vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers1

Related Synonyms for butterfly pea