hoary pea


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Noun1.hoary pea - a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
genus Tephrosia, Tephrosia - genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas
bastard indigo, Tephrosia purpurea - East Indian shrub
catgut, goat's rue, Tephrosia virginiana, wild sweet pea - perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base