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sweet pea

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sweet pea
a climbing plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of the legume family, having sweet-scented flowers.
[1725-35]

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Annual plant (Lathyrus odoratus) of the pea family (see legume), native to Italy and widely cultivated elsewhere for its beautiful, fragrant flowers.

The long (4–6 ft, or 1.2–2 m), vinelike stem climbs by means of tendrils and bears featherlike leaves. White, pink, red, violet, or purple flowers, reminiscent of butterflies in shape, are borne singly or in clusters of two to four. The fruit is a hairy pod about 2 in. (5 cm) long. Hundreds of varieties of sweet pea have been developed. The plant was the subject of important genetics experiments by Reginald Crundall Punnett and William Bateson.

Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)

Sven Samelius

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 (Lathyrus odoratus), annual plant, of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Italy and widely cultivated in other regions for its beautiful, fragrant flowers. The vinelike stem, which climbs by means of tendrils, is 1.2–1.8 metres (4–6 feet) long. The alternate leaves are pinnately compound (feather-like in form). The flowers, commonly white, pink, red, violet, or purple and up to 5 centimetres (2 inches) across, are borne singly or in clusters of two to four. The fruit is a hairy pod about 5 cm long. Hundreds of varieties of sweet pea have been developed.

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