Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

<hw>Pea, Darling</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Darling Pea</i>.

<hw>Pea, Desert</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Sturt's Desert Pea</i>.

<hw>Pea, Flat</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Flat Pea</i>.

<hw>Pea, Glory</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Clianthus</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Pea, Heart</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Balloon-Vine</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Pea-plant</hw>, <i>n</i>. The term is applied sometimes to any one of various Australian plants of the <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>.

<hw>Peach-berry</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian berry, <i>Lissanthe strigosa</i>, Smith, <i>N.O. Epacrideae</i>.

<hw>Peach, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Quandong</i> (q.v.), and for <i>Emu-Apple</i> (q.v.).

1877. F. v. Mueller, `Botanic Teachings, p. 42:

"The so-called native Peach-tree of our desert tracts is a true <i>Santalum, S. acuminatum</i>."