beach pea or beach-pea (b ch p )n. Any of certain perennial herbs of the genus Lathyrus in the pea family, especially L. japonicus, native to shores in the Northern Hemisphere, having pinnately compound leaves and purplish flowers. |
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| Noun | 1. |  beach pea - wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand bindergenus Lathyrus, Lathyrus - genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea wild pea - any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines |
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