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pea

pea

28 1.0
A climbing plant with long green pods that have round seeds you can eat
  • noun
  • /piː/
: planta de guisante
  • So this is how Fraser likes to eat his salmon, all mixed up with rice, peas and baked beans.
  • a pea plant
  • grow peas
  • pea crop

Because we're talking about basically pea and soy.

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Examples

  • So first of all, how much pea seed do you actually need?

  • We had creamed chicken on toast, peas, ice cream, and cake.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And I am not letting one little pea pod go to waste.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Princess was so sensitive that even a pea would be painful.

  • Split pea with rice and broccoli.

  • I was out here harvesting some pea seeds to save for next year.

  • black-eyed peas and collard greens.

  • We plant four seasonal gardens: peas, beans, corn, okra, tomatoes, and potatoes.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I love eating a salad that includes fresh peas from the garden.

  • For dinner, she made a delicious dish with peas, carrots, and rice.

Synonyms

pea plant
vspea
1 1.0

A small garden plant with white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

is the broader genus term rather than this specific species
garden pea
vspea
1 2.0

A plant grown for its small green seeds that people eat fresh

is the neutral genus description including natural climbing habit and pods
Pisum sativum
vspea
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A climbing plant grown for green peas usually eaten fresh

is the common genus label rather than this formal species name
common pea
vspea
1 1.0

A garden plant that grows small round green vegetables often eaten fresh

is the genus term focusing on botanical features like pods and flowers
2.0

A plant that grows peas you eat fresh

is the botanical description stressing climbing habit and pod structure

Compounds

sweet pea
  • Baby Talk
25 3.0

A loving name adults use for a child or pet

11 1.7

A thick dish made from dried peas, often with ham or vegetables

10 3.4

A small pale bean with a black spot that people eat in the American South

3 3.3

A pea with crisp pods you eat whole

3 3.0

A climbing garden plant with small fragrant flowers in pale colors

3 4.8

A narrow tube you blow small dried peas through to hit a target

3 1.0

A small round green seed you eat as a vegetable

3 2.3

A flat green pod you eat whole when young

3 2.0

A dried pea cut in half and used for soup

2 2.4

A soft green color with a yellow tint like fresh peas

A thick hot dish made from split peas and vegetables

2 1.0

A long green shell on the plant that holds small round vegetables

A sweet pea with a crisp round pod that you can eat whole, raw or cooked

1 3.2

A slightly yellow green like fresh peas

1 3.5

A small pea plant grown for edible seeds that feed people or animals

1 1.0

A small garden plant with white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

A soup made from fresh green peas and stock, often with onion and celery

1 2.5

A small white seed that is dried and cooked to eat

pea soup
  • Archaic
1 7.0

A very thick yellow fog that makes it hard to see

1 2.0

A plant grown for its small green seeds that people eat fresh

1 5.3

A heavy wool jacket with two rows of large buttons, often navy, worn by sailors

1 6.0

A tropical shrub with yellow flowers that produces seeds eaten as food

1 3.9

Small smooth round rocks about the size of peas used in gardens

pea family
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A group of plants that grow bean pods like peas and beans

1 9.3

A dry pod on the peanut plant that has two seeds you can eat

1 5.8

A small seed eaten as food in warm countries

A climbing plant with bright blue or purple flowers that people use to make tea and decorate gardens

1 1.0

A small round green seed often eaten as a vegetable

1 8.1

A small plant grown each year for animal feed and food in dry areas

blue pea
  • Indian
1 6.9

A tropical climbing plant with bright blue flowers used for tea or decoration

Austrian winter pea
  • Specialized
1 6.6

A plant grown in cool areas to feed animals and improve soil

1 8.6

A European perennial plant with purple and pink flowers grown for animal feed and to improve soil

1 1.0

A garden plant that grows small round green vegetables often eaten fresh

1 3.6

Powder made from dried peas used for cooking and baking

A type of pea plant that makes soft pods you can eat whole

1 9.9

A plant with long edible pods that have four thin wings

1 7.7

A wild plant with purple flowers that grows on sandy coasts and helps hold the sand

1 9.5

A wild pea plant that grows on sandy seashores, with purple flowers and strong roots that hold sand

bush pea
  • Specialized
1 9.5

A plant with leaves in three parts and clusters of yellow or purple flowers

1 4.4

A climbing plant like the garden pea that grows in the wild

partridge pea
  • Specialized
1 9.6

A small American plant with yellow flowers and leaflets that fold when touched, often in prairies and open woods

perennial pea
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A climbing plant that grows back every year with purple, pink, or white flowers

A climbing plant with pink or white flowers that returns every year

1 7.3

A bushy plant with bright yellow, pea-shaped flowers from western United States

hoary pea
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A plant with divided leaves, pale flowers, and flat hairy seed pods

1 8.8

A small plant grown for food and animal feed in India

purple pea
  • Australian
1 8.7

An Australian shrub that keeps its leaves all year and has shiny green leaves and bright purple flowers

poison pea
  • Australian
1 9.9

An Australian evergreen shrub with bright yellow to red flowers that is poisonous to farm animals

1 8.2

A low bush with soft leaves and small yellow-pink flowers that grows in eastern North America

bitter pea
  • Australian
9.9

Australian spiny shrubs with yellow flowers and triangular seeds

8.9

A plant that lives for more than one year with leaves that turn black when dry

A climbing garden plant with broad leaves and purple, pink, or white flowers that lives for many years

cajan pea
  • Indian
9.2

A small nutritious seed from a tropical plant used for food

cajan pea
  • Indian
9.1

A tropical plant with hard stems and yellow flowers that has flat pods of edible seeds

9.9

A winter plant grown as food for animals and to protect soil

A climbing plant that lives many years and has long clusters of pale flowers

A tropical plant with yellow flowers that makes flat pods with edible seeds

A shrub from northern China with dark green shiny leaves and pale yellow flowers grown in gardens

9.9

A spiny bush with bright rose and purple flowers that forms dense thickets on dry, rocky California slopes

common flat pea
  • Australian
7.6

A low spreading evergreen bush from southern Australia with orange-yellow flowers and flat winged pods

coral pea
  • Australian
9.9

A climbing plant from Australia with bright red flowers

darling pea
  • Australian
9.9

A plant from Australia that is poisonous to sheep

desert pea
  • Australian
9.5

A low bushy plant from dry parts of Australia with bright red flowers and a black spot

9.9

A plant from Europe with small edible tubers that people eat and use to add flavor

9.9

A European plant with small edible roots eaten as food and used to flavour whisky

A pea plant with thick soft pods that you can eat

A plant with short pods that have one or two round seeds people eat

Australian pea
  • South African
9.9

A South African evergreen vine with purple flowers and edible young pods that farmers often grow to improve soil

A low leafy crop that people grow for edible seeds and food for animals

flame pea
  • Australian
9.9

An Australian shrub or climbing plant with bright orange red flowers

flat pea
  • Australian
9.0

A low evergreen shrub with heart-shaped leaves, bright yellow pea-like flowers, and flat seed pods

7.2

A large ripe pea often canned or used to make mushy peas

8.4

A plant that grows again every year in damp marshes with purple flowers

Surface Forms

pea singular
peas plural

Etymology

Pea for the climbing plant comes from the old English word pease and the Latin pisum. People heard pease as 'more than one' and later made the single form pea, so the plant took the same name as its small round seed.