sweet pea

views updated May 17 2018

sweet pea • n. a climbing plant (genus Lathyrus) of the pea family, widely cultivated for its colorful fragrant flowers.

sweet pea

views updated May 18 2018

sweet pea Climbing annual plant native to Italy. Widely cultivated as an ornamental, it has fragrant, butterfly-shaped flowers of white, pink, purple, red or orange. Height: to 1.8m (6ft). Family Fabaceae/Leguminosae; species Lathyrus odoratus.