noun
prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania
• Syn: ↑Kennedia coccinea
• Hypernyms: ↑coral pea
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a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
[1930-35]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.