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Noun: winged pea
  1. A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
    - winged bean, goa bean, goa bean vine, Manila bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
     
  2. Sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
    - asparagus pea, Lotus tetragonolobus

Derived forms: winged peas

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, vine

Part of: genus Psophocarpus, Psophocarpus

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