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pea

pea

89 1.0
A small round green seed that you eat as a vegetable
  • noun
  • /piː/
translation icon : guisante
  • The bag of frozen peas in the cooler.
  • peas and beans
  • corn and peas
  • black-eyed peas

You know there've been tins of peas processed.

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Examples

  • I'll open a tin of peas.

  • White meat, peas cooked, no salt.

  • A bag of frozen peas would be best.

  • What have we got, peas and carrots?

  • Daniel threw in a few peas until the bottom of the bucket was covered.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Now we are having chicken with carrots, peas, potatoes and rice soup.

  • We got roast chicken, peas and carrots and mashed potatoes.

  • Buttered green peas or beans could accompany it, and a good red Bordeaux wine.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Almost all of the nation's soft white wheat grows here, along with barley, peas, and lentils.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I love adding peas to my salad for extra crunch and flavor.

Synonyms

snap pea
vspea
3 3.3

A pea with crisp pods you eat whole

refers to the seed consumed as the vegetable rather than the whole pod
snow pea
vspea
2 2.3

A flat green pod you eat whole when young

denotes the round seed eaten from mature pods rather than whole pods
green pea
vspea
1 1.0

A small round green seed you eat as a vegetable

is the general name for that same small green seed from the plant
1 2.5

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

is the basic small seed eaten from the pod, not the sweet pod type
pease
vspea
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old word used in the past or in some regions for small green seeds eaten as food

is the modern, common term rather than the historical form
field pea
vspea
1 3.5

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

is the general edible seed idea not tied to specific crop use
garden pea
vspea
1.0

A small round green seed often eaten as a vegetable

focuses specifically on the seed itself rather than both seed and pod
common pea
vspea
1.0

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

is about the individual small round seed eaten from that plant
pigeon pea
vspea
5.8

A small seed eaten as food in warm countries

refers to the familiar small green seed from the temperate garden plant
wild pea
vspea
4.4

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

refers to the edible garden seed rather than wild plant relatives
4.4

A pea plant with thick soft pods that you can eat

refers mainly to the small round seed eaten separately from the pod
4.4

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

focuses on the seed eaten as a vegetable rather than pod characteristics
sugar pea
vspea
  • US
2.6

A small green vegetable with flat pods you eat whole while young

is the term for the round green seed picked for eating when immature

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

How Big

broad bean
  • UK
2.4
lima bean
9 2.5
garbanzo
  • US
4 3.8
pea
89 1.0
lentil
26 1.0

Surface Forms

pea singular
peas plural

Etymology

Pea for the small, round seed comes from the old English pease and the Latin pisum. A helpful way to remember this is that people treated pease as 'more than one' and so created the singular pea, which is why we call the seed a pea today.