Definition of Tangier pea

1. Noun. North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers.

Exact synonyms: Lalthyrus Tingitanus, Tangier Peavine
Group relationships: Genus Lathyrus, Lathyrus
Generic synonyms: Wild Pea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangier Pea

Tancred
Tandearil
Tanduay
Taney
Tang Dynasty
Tang dynasty
Tangail District
Tanganyika
Tanganyikan
Tanganyikans
Tange
Tangerine
Tangerines
Tangier
Tangier pea
Tangier peavine
Tangiers
Tanglish
Tango Uniform
Tangshan
Tanguy
Tania
Tanimbars
Tannenberg
Tanner
Tannese
Tanoan

Literary usage of Tangier pea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United States: A Graphic History by Louis Morton Hacker, Rudolf Modley, George Rogers Taylor (1891)
"The tangier pea, sown in rows about three inches apart, is a very good forage ... The tangier pea is probably too nice, as the birds eat up vines and all. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"During the past few years considerable attention has been given to the Tangier pea to determine its value as a green-manure crop, and results thus far ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Several beautiful blossoming garden plants, known as everlasting pea, Tangier pea, and sweet pea, are species of ..."

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