winged pea

1. 1.

   a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics

   Synonymswinged beangoa beangoa bean vineManila beanPsophocarpus tetragonolobus

   Broadervine

   Part ofPsophocarpus

   Partsgoa bean
2. 2.

   sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod

   Synonymsasparagus peaLotus tetragonolobus

   Broaderherb

Questions about winged pea

What does winged pea mean?

winged pea means "a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for winged pea?

Close synonyms include winged bean, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. 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 winged pea a common word?

winged 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.