peavine

noun

: any of various usually twining American herbaceous leguminous plants: such as

a

: the vine of the common edible pea or of the cowpea especially when stripped of pods and used for hay

b

: american vetch

c

: a locoweed (Astragalus emoryanus) of the Big Bend area of Texas

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