caley pea

1. 1.

   a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop

   Synonymssingletary pearough peawild winterpeaLathyrus hirsutus

   Broaderwild pea

Questions about caley pea

What does caley pea mean?

caley pea means "a weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop".

What is another word for caley pea?

Close synonyms include singletary pea, rough pea, wild winterpea, Lathyrus hirsutus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caley pea a common word?

caley pea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.