smooth darling pea
- noun
- Australian
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guisante encantador liso
- Some gardeners favor the smooth darling pea for its showy blue and purple flowers.
Examples
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The smooth darling pea adds vibrant color to many gardens in eastern Australia.
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The smooth darling pea blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Botanists documented a new population of smooth darling pea in the region last year.
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Have you seen a smooth darling pea before?
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Some gardeners favor the smooth darling pea for its showy blue and purple flowers.
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The smooth darling pea adds vibrant color to many gardens in eastern Australia.
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The smooth darling pea blooms beautifully in the spring.
Synonyms
A plant from eastern Australia with blue, purple, or red flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'pea' clearly signals a plant and 'smooth' suggests a surface/texture, so a learner can infer it is a kind of pea with a smooth quality. However, 'darling' is an affectionate term that here functions as part of a conventional common name (or unexpected modifier) and does not transparently contribute to the botanical meaning, so the precise referent and botanical details are not fully predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Smooth darling pea likely comes from a simple picture: a pea plant with smooth stems or leaves and bright flowers that people loved, so they called it a darling. So the name means 'a smooth, lovely pea plant' and matches the common plant found in eastern Australia.
