everlasting pea
- noun
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guisante perenne
- Unlike annuals, the everlasting pea returns year after year with little care.
Examples
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The everlasting pea adds vibrant color to the garden throughout the summer.
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She planted an everlasting pea near the fence to create a natural screen.
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The garden was filled with everlasting pea plants.
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I love the scent of everlasting peas in bloom.
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She planted an everlasting pea near the fence to create a natural screen.
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The everlasting pea adds vibrant color to the garden throughout the summer.
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Unlike annuals, the everlasting pea returns year after year with little care.
Synonyms
A climbing plant often grown in gardens with purple, pink, or white flowers that lives for many years
A climbing plant that grows back every year with purple, pink, or white flowers
A climbing garden plant with broad leaves and purple, pink, or white flowers that lives for many years
A European plant with purple and pink flowers that farmers grow for animal food or to improve soil
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'everlasting' (long-lasting/perennial) modifies 'pea' (a pea plant), so the meaning of a long-lived or perennial pea plant is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a literal plant name rather than an idiom, and the compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Everlasting pea: The name everlasting pea comes from gardeners who noticed the plant keeps coming back and its flowers stay for a long time. So everlasting ('long-lasting') and pea (a pea-like plant) together name a climbing flower that 'returns year after year'.
