sweet pea
noun
1
: a widely cultivated Italian legume (Lathyrus odoratus) having slender usually climbing stems, ovate leaves, and large fragrant flowers
2
: the flower of a sweet pea
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The reel showed Meghan picking sweet pea flowers and artistically arranging them as a small bouquet in a recycled jam jar.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Seeds with very hard seed coats, such as sweet peas or nasturtiums, should be nicked or soaked in water for a few hours before planting.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
The bouquet included meadow grass, ox-eye daisies, iris, rose, clematis, mock orange, scabious, sweet pea, astrantia, martagon lily and love in a mist.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
According to them, veggie-garden essentials include snap peas, green onions, purple hull peas, okra, collards, sweet peas, squash, black-eyed peas, and of course, tomatoes.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025
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Janine Henni, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Seeds with very hard seed coats, such as sweet peas or nasturtiums, should be nicked or soaked in water for a few hours before planting.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
The bouquet included meadow grass, ox-eye daisies, iris, rose, clematis, mock orange, scabious, sweet pea, astrantia, martagon lily and love in a mist.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
According to them, veggie-garden essentials include snap peas, green onions, purple hull peas, okra, collards, sweet peas, squash, black-eyed peas, and of course, tomatoes.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Sweet pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20pea. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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