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The outer part of the wood on my side was very open, composed in most part of dwarf trees that grow on stony soil, and scattered thorny bushes bearing a yellow pea-shaped blossom.
Green Mansions 2004
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The plant has pink, pea-shaped blossoms, and smooth, pointed, glossy leaves, and the brown bark is covered with minute white points.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The plentiful pea-shaped flowers range in colour from apple-green, pale yellow, orange to scarlet, and contain large quantities of nectar, which attracts multitudes of birds and insects.
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Helping the hypothalamus to maintain homeostasis is the pineal gland, the pea-shaped endocrine gland that is located near the fore-brain.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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Helping the hypothalamus to maintain homeostasis is the pineal gland, the pea-shaped endocrine gland that is located near the fore-brain.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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They seasonally bear numerous large, showy, pink to light purplish, pea-shaped flowers which often appear before the leaves at the end of the dry season.
Chapter 3 1994
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On the table would be a tiny pea-shaped spark—a lamp that burned rapeseed oil.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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On the table would be a tiny pea-shaped spark - a lamp that burned rapeseed oil.
WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
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On the table would be a tiny pea-shaped spark—a lamp that burned rapeseed oil.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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Other characters: The _flowers_ are showy pea-shaped panicles appearing in May and June.
Studies of Trees Jacob Joshua Levison
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