"rosary pea" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rosary peas [plural]
Etymology: From rosary + pea. Etymology templates: {{com|en|rosary|pea}} rosary + pea Head templates: {{en-noun}} rosary pea (plural rosary peas)
  1. A leguminous plant, of species Abrus precatorius, or its round, red, poisonous seeds which are sometimes used as beads. Categories (lifeform): Legumes Synonyms: crab's eye, Indian licorice, jequirity, jequirity bean, jumbie bead Translations (Abrus precatorius): paternosterpapu (Finnish), കുന്നി (kunni) (Malayalam)

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