sweet pea

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Thân thiện

A gardener gently ties a sweet pea vine to a wooden trellis.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A climbing garden plant (Lathyrus odoratus) known for its fragrant, pastel-colored flowers, typically cultivated as an ornamental annual.

Usage

• The word "sweet pea" is used as a countable noun to refer to the plant itself or its flowers.
• It is commonly used in gardening, horticulture, and general descriptions of gardens or bouquets.

Examples

• Noun:
  • She planted sweet peas along the fence to add color and fragrance to her garden.
  • The bouquet was filled with the delicate scent of sweet peas.

Advanced Usage

• "As sweet as a sweet pea": An informal simile used to describe someone who is very pleasant, kind, or charming.
  • Don't let her quiet nature fool you; she's as sweet as a sweet pea.

Variants and Related Words

• Everlasting pea (): A related perennial species with similar flowers but often less fragrance.
• Sweet pea family: An informal reference to the Fabaceae (legume) family, to which the sweet pea belongs.

Synonyms

• Lathyrus odoratus: The botanical Latin name for the sweet pea.
• Garden pea (in specific ornamental contexts): Note: This can be ambiguous as "garden pea" more commonly refers to the edible pea plant ().

Idioms

• "Come up smelling of sweet peas": A playful variation of "come up smelling of roses," meaning to emerge from a difficult situation with one's reputation enhanced or untarnished.
  • Despite the scandal, the politician somehow came up smelling of sweet peas.

Học thuật

Noun

1. climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sweetpea
• Lathyrus odoratus