Pea meaning
A member of the pea family.
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Lathyrus, such as the sweet pea or the beach pea.
noun
A widely cultivated climbing annual vine (Pisum sativum) native to Eurasia, having compound leaves with terminal leaflets modified into tendrils and globose, edible seeds enclosed in a green, elongated pod.
noun
The pod of this plant.
Picked peas for dinner.
noun
The seed of this plant, used as a vegetable.
noun
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A similar seed of various other plants, such as a cowpea.
noun
An annual, tendril-climbing plant (Pisum sativum) of the pea family, with white or pinkish flowers and green seedpods.
noun
Its small, round, smooth or wrinkled seed, used as a vegetable.
noun
Any of various similar plants, as the cowpea.
noun
The seed of any of these.
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Designating a family (Fabaceae, order Fabales) of leguminous, dicotyledonous plants, including peanuts, clover, vetch, alfalfa, and many beans.
adjective
Origin of pea
Back-formation from Middle English pease (mistaken for pl.) from Old English pise, piose from Late Latin pīsa variant of Latin pīsum from Greek pisos, pison