lathyrus latifolius

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lathyrus latifolius - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Everlasting \Ever*last"ing\a.
     1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing
        without end; immortal; eternal. "The Everlasting God."
        --Gen. xx1. 33.
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     2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period;
        perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong
        intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
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              I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . .
              . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.
                                                    --Gen xvii. 8.
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              And heard thy everlasting yawn confess
              The pains and penalties of idleness.  --Pope.
  
     Syn: Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending;
          infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual;
          unintermitted; incessant.
  
     Usage: -- Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when
            taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration;
            everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the
            Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern
            usage is confined to the future, and implies no
            intermission as well as no end.
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                  Whether we shall meet again I know not;
                  Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
                  Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. --Shak.
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     Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting, n., 3.
  
     Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus  latifolius
        ) related to the pea; -- so called because it
        is perennial.
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lathyrus latifolius - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lathyrus latifolius
      n 1: perennial climber of central and southern Europe having
           purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North
           America [syn: broad-leaved everlasting pea, perennial pea
           , Lathyrus latifolius]