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butterfly pea   (TTS Sound)

The noun butterfly pea has 3 senses

• blue pea, butterfly pea, Clitoria turnatea -- (vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers)


• butterfly pea, Clitoria mariana -- (large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers)


• butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum -- (large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers)