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Noun: black pea
  1. Perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
    "The black pea's distinctive colour change made it easy to identify in dried specimens";
    - Lathyrus niger

Derived forms: black peas

Type of: vetchling

Part of: genus Lathyrus, Lathyrus

Encyclopedia: Black pea