centrosema virginianum

1. 1.

   large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers

   Synonymsbutterfly pea

   Broadervine

   Part ofCentrosema

Questions about centrosema virginianum

What does centrosema virginianum mean?

centrosema virginianum means "large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers".

What is another word for centrosema virginianum?

Close synonyms include butterfly pea. 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 centrosema virginianum a common word?

centrosema virginianum 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.