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rosary pea

noun

Etymology

From rosary + pea.

  1. derived from pāvō
  2. inherited from *pāwô✻ — “peacock”
  3. derived from pái — “peacock”
  4. inherited from pēa
  5. inherited from pe
  6. compounded as rosary pea — “rosary + pea”

Definitions

  1. A leguminous plant, of species Abrus precatorius, or its round, red, poisonous seeds…

    A leguminous plant, of species Abrus precatorius, or its round, red, poisonous seeds which are sometimes used as beads.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rosary pea. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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