flat pea

1. 1.

   evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania

   SynonymsPlatylobium formosum

   Broadershrub

   Part ofPlatylobium
2. 2.

   European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure

   Synonymsnarrow-leaved everlasting peaLathyrus sylvestris

   Broadereverlasting pea

   Part ofLathyrus

Questions about flat pea

What does flat pea mean?

flat pea means "evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for flat pea?

Close synonyms include Platylobium formosum, narrow-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus sylvestris. 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 flat pea a common word?

flat 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.