golden pea
- noun
- US
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guisante dorado
- Many gardeners in the western US choose the golden pea for its drought tolerance and bright flowers.
Examples
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The garden was full of blooming golden pea plants, adding a splash of yellow.
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The golden pea blooms in early spring.
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We spotted several golden pea shrubs while hiking in the foothills.
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She planted golden peas in her garden this year.
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Many gardeners in the western US choose the golden pea for its drought tolerance and bright flowers.
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The garden was full of blooming golden pea plants, adding a splash of yellow.
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We spotted several golden pea shrubs while hiking in the foothills.
Synonyms
A bushy flowering plant with large leaves and bright yellow, pea-like flowers in the western United States
A bushy plant with small yellow flowers that grows in the western United States
A bushy wild plant from the western United States with yellow, pea-shaped flowers that look like lupines
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'golden' (gold-colored/yellow) modifying 'pea' (a pea plant), so a learner can infer it denotes a pea-like plant with golden/yellow flowers. This simple adjective + noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Golden pea is the name for a low, bushy plant with small, bright yellow flowers that look like tiny peas. The word golden points to the color and pea to the pea-shaped flowers, so the name helps you picture the plant.
