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sweet pea en · NOUN

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1. A flowering plant, Lathyrus odoratus, grown for its bright colours and sweet fragrance.
   • No one had such pinks as he had; his sweet-william was unrivaled,—he had only half a dozen geraniums, but then they were such geraniums,—the cottage, once an unsightly little mass of lath and plaster, was now besprinkled with roses; and then, his sweet peas were in blossom, and, fortunately for him who had not much to do, they required a great deal of sticking and tying. 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter IX, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 162:
2. (colloquial) A term of endearment for something sweet or lovely; a child or an intimate partner, for example.
   • He was a nice enough fellow, the boyfriendo. Sweet pea with Jo. 2004, Janet Davey, “Saturday”, in First Aid, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, section 6:

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nrf pais-flieur (flowering plant) · cy pysen bêr (flowering plant) · ro indrușaim (flowering plant) · hu szagos bükköny (flowering plant) · ru души́стый горо́шек (flowering plant) · uk чи́на запашна́ (flowering plant) · es guisante de olor (flowering plant) · de einjährige Duftwicke (flowering plant) · tr ıtırşahi (flowering plant) · fr pois de senteur (flowering plant) · ja 麝香豌豆 (flowering plant) · pt ervilha-de-cheiro (flowering plant) · cmn 香豌豆 (flowering plant) · ar بَازِلَّاء الزُهُور (flowering plant) · ota عطر شاهی (flowering plant) · tr kokulu bezelye (flowering plant) · tl gisantes (flowering plant) · oc pese senteire (flowering plant) · sv luktärt (flowering plant) · de Edelwicke (flowering plant) · de duftende Platterbse (flowering plant) · sq grindë (flowering plant) · ja 香豌豆 (flowering plant) · ja 麝香連理草 (flowering plant) · it pisello odoroso (flowering plant) · fi tuoksuherne (flowering plant) · ca pèsol d'olor (flowering plant) · vi hương đậu (flowering plant) · nl welriekende lathyrus (flowering plant) · nl reukerwt (flowering plant) · nb erteblomst (flowering plant) · de Duftwicke (flowering plant) · oc pese de sentor (flowering plant) · ja スイートピー (flowering plant) · af pronk-ertjie (flowering plant) · ko 스위트피 (flowering plant) · nl pronkerwt (flowering plant) · oc cese d'audor (flowering plant)