darling pea

1. 1.

   either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep

   Synonymspoison bush

   Broadersubshrub

   Narrowersmooth darling peahairy darling pea

   Part ofSwainsona

Questions about darling pea

What does darling pea mean?

darling pea means "either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep".

What is another word for darling pea?

Close synonyms include poison bush. 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 darling pea a common word?

darling 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.