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| pea [ pee ] |
noun (plural peas) |
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1. seed as vegetable: a round green seed that grows in a pod, eaten as a vegetable
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2. plant producing peas: an annual vine of the legume family with compound leaves that is widely grown for its edible seeds. Flowers: small, white. Native to: Europe, Asia. Latin name Pisum sativum.
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3. plant related to pea: a plant related to or similar to the pea, e.g. the chickpea, sweet pea, or cowpea
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4. something resembling pea: something resembling a pea in form or size
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plural noun peas |
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U.S. food pea pods: the unopened immature pods of the pea, containing the seeds and used as a vegetable
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| [Mid-17th century. Back-formation <pease (singular but taken as plural) < Old English pise, via Latin< Greek pison] |
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