sugar snap pea
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- noun
- /ˈʃʊɡər næp pi/
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guisante crujiente
- For a healthy side dish, try serving sautéed sugar snap peas with garlic and olive oil.
- cup of sugar snap peas
- sugar snap peas and asparagus
- oz. of sugar snap peas
Examples
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The chef steamed the sugar snap peas to enhance their sweetness and crisp texture.
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Cut up some cheese sticks, wrap them in a little bit of like ham or Turkey, have a few Pickles, few crackers, some sugar snap peas, carrots.
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Raw sugar snap peas are a delicious treat, as are most raw fruits.
Blog text (28) -
The basil plants were working on their third story of leaves, and I filled my empty coffee cup with sugar-snap peas.
Fiction book (1991) -
For veggies I'm adding sugar snap peas and cut up Peppers.
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Sugar snap peas
Blog text (25) -
I happened to have broccoli, peppers, carrots, squash, and sugar snap peas.
Blog text (29) -
Half an acre of cleared land sprouted leaf lettuce, broccoli, arugula, radishes, cauliflower, carrots, and sugar snap peas.
Fiction book (2001) -
You can eat sugar snap peas raw as a crunchy snack or add them to salads.
Synonyms
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A pea with crisp pods you eat whole
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A flat green pod you eat whole when young
A type of pea plant that makes soft pods you can eat whole
A pea plant with thick soft pods that you can eat
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'sugar' signals sweetness, 'snap' denotes a crisp/breakable quality, and 'pea' names the vegetable, together describing a sweet, crunchy pea eaten whole. This noun‑noun composition follows transparent compounding patterns (and parallels exist in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Sugar snap pea comes from two clear images: sugar for its 'sweet' taste and snap for the crisp pod that makes a small 'snap' when you bite it. So the name helps you remember that this pea is eaten whole and is both sweet and crunchy.