Beach Pea (Noun)
Meaning
Wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The dunes were stabilized by beach pea and other hardy plants that withstood the harsh coastal winds.
- Beach pea was widely planted as a natural method for controlling erosion on the sandy shoreline.
- Visitors wandering the beach in the spring often catch a glimpse of the purple flowers of the beach pea.
- Years of restoration efforts have seen the return of beach pea to many parts of the shoreline ecosystem.
- Careful conservation helped to reintroduce beach pea to stretches of vulnerable coastline that were once at risk of erosion.