[mod.L., a. Gr. λάθυρος a kind of vetch.] The name of a genus of plants (N.O. Leguminosæ), comprising the ‘everlasting pea’ (L. latifolius) and other species.
1741. Compl. Fam. Piece, II. iii. 386. Blue flower’d Lathyrus.
1778. G. White, Selborne, xli. (1789), 236. Lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved or wild lathyrus.
