butterfly pea

n 1: vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue

yellow-centered flowers [syn: {blue pea}, {Clitoria

turnatea}]

2: large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central

United States having pale blue flowers [syn: {Clitoria

mariana}]

3: largle-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of NJ to

tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for

its purple and white flowers [syn: {Centrosema virginianum}]