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Definition of Coral pea
1. Noun. Any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Kennedia, Genus Kennedya, Kennedia, Kennedya
Specialized synonyms: Coral Vine, Kennedia Coccinea, Kennedia Prostrata, Running Postman, Scarlet Runner
Generic synonyms: Vine
Specialized synonyms: Coral Vine, Kennedia Coccinea, Kennedia Prostrata, Running Postman, Scarlet Runner
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Pea
Literary usage of Coral pea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Coral-Pea, n. another name for the Kennedya (qv). 1896. 'The Melburnian,'Aug.
28,p. ... aptly called the 'bleeding-heart' or ' coral pea,' brighten the ..."
2. Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy: Comprising Such Terms in Botany by William Humble (1843)
"... which extends over the extreme edges of the foliated expansion of this elegant
coral. PEA ORE. The name given to granular argillaceous oxide of iron, ..."
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