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pea

pea

87 1.0
A climbing plant with long green pods that have round seeds you can eat
  • noun
  • /piː/
translation icon : 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
Pisum sativum
vspea
  • Specialized
8.4

A climbing plant grown for green peas usually eaten fresh

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

8 3.4

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

sweet pea
  • Baby Talk
8 3.0

A loving name adults use for a child or pet

3 2.0

A dried pea cut in half and used for soup

3 3.3

A pea with crisp pods you eat whole

3 1.7

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

2 2.3

A flat green pod you eat whole when young

1 1.0

A small round green seed you eat as a vegetable

1 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

A thick hot dish made from split peas and vegetables

pea soup
  • Archaic
1 7.0

A very thick yellow fog that makes it hard to see

1 2.4

A soft green color with a yellow tint like fresh peas

1 1.0

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

1 4.8

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

1 3.0

A climbing garden plant with small fragrant flowers in pale colors

1 3.5

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

pea family
  • Specialized
1 4.1

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

1 3.9

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

pea shooter
  • Jargon
1 4.8

A small plant in games that shoots peas to attack enemies

7.7

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

blue pea
  • Indian
6.9

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

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

bush pea
  • Specialized
9.5

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.9

A plant with long edible pods that have four thin wings

Austrian winter pea
  • Specialized
6.6

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

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 climbing plant with pink or white flowers that returns every year

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

8.6

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

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

8.4

A small wild plant with yellow flowers that farmers grow for animal feed

A plant that grows peas you eat fresh

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

A small round green seed often eaten as a vegetable

glory pea
  • Australian
9.9

A shrub or climbing plant with bright red, hanging flowers like small peas

7.3

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

9.3

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

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

8.1

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

hairy darling pea
  • Australian
9.9

A small Australian shrub with soft hairy stems and pink flowers

9.9

A small European plant with edible root pieces used for food and to flavor whisky

9.9

A climbing plant with woody stems and large balloon-shaped seed pods

hoary pea
  • Specialized
9.9

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

8.8

A small plant grown for food and animal feed in India

A European plant with purple and pink flowers that farmers grow for animal food or to improve soil

purple pea
  • Australian
8.7

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

rough pea
  • Specialized
8.8

A winter plant with weak stems that farmers use to cover soil and feed animals

partridge pea
  • Specialized
9.6

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

8.7

A young bird like a peacock or peahen

3.2

A slightly yellow green like fresh peas

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.