bitter pea

1. 1.

   any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia

   Broadershrub

   Part ofDaviesia

Questions about bitter pea

What does bitter pea mean?

bitter pea means "any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia".

Is bitter pea a common word?

bitter pea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.