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Meaning of glory pea in English:

glory pea

noun

another term for clianthus
‘The flowers remind me most of the glory pea except they are slightly smaller and have the spurs.’
  • ‘Half a century after Cook's arrival, the Austrian botanist Ferdinand Bauer collected seed of the glory pea for cultivation.’
  • ‘There were three unique species here, of which one, the glory pea, has not been seen since 1805.’
  • ‘Rays of yellow were cast through the bush by large yellow golden glory pea flowers and ground hugging buttercups on guinea flower which scrambled about the forest floor.’