sweet pea

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sweet pee]
- /swit pi/
- /swiːt piː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sweet pee]
- /swit pi/

Definitions of sweet pea words

noun sweet pea a climbing plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of the legume family, having sweet-scented flowers. 1
noun sweet pea sweet-smelling flowering vine 1
noun sweet pea term of affection 1
countable noun sweet pea A sweet pea is a climbing plant which has delicate, sweet-smelling flowers. 0
noun sweet pea a climbing leguminous plant, Lathyrus odoratus, of S Europe, widely cultivated for its butterfly-shaped fragrant flowers of delicate pastel colours 0
noun sweet pea a climbing annual plant (Lathyrus odoratus) of the pea family, with butterfly-shaped flowers 0

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Origin of sweet pea

First appearance:

before 1725

One of the 49% newest English words

First recorded in 1725-35

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Parts of speech for Sweet pea

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sweet pea

sweet pea popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sweet pea usage trend in Literature

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