Pea

Word PEA
Character 3
Hyphenation pea
Pronunciations /piː/

Definitions and meanings of "Pea"

What do we mean by pea?

A member of the pea family. noun

A widely cultivated climbing annual vine (Pisum sativum) native to Eurasia, having compound leaves with terminal leaflets modified into tendrils and globose, edible seeds enclosed in a green, elongated pod. noun

The pod of this plant. noun

The seed of this plant, used as a vegetable. noun

A similar seed of various other plants, such as a cowpea. noun

Any of several plants of the genus Lathyrus, such as the sweet pea or the beach pea. noun

A peafowl. noun

In the manufacture of sulphuric acid, the workman's name for a fragment of iron pyrites, from an eighth to a half inch in diameter. noun

The balance or sliding weight used on a steelyard. noun

In the West Indies, Dolichos sphærospermus. Both of the plants bear white beans having a black spot around the hilum. noun

The seed of an annual hardy; leguminous vine, Pisum sativum; also, the vine itself. noun

Pea-spawn of a fish. See spawn. noun

Plural Canned peas prepared in France, reputed to be superior to those canned in other countries. noun

Heisteria coccinea (French pois perdrix). See Heisteria. noun

The sliding weight on a steelyard. noun

See peak, n., 3. noun

A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod. noun

A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed. noun

A seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus. noun

A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.

The edible seed of some of these plants.

A ball travelling at high velocity.

(Indiana) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.

Any of several varieties of bean.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pea

The word "pea" in example sentences

How exciting to be invited to come to the White House, see 'the garden' (new meaning to the term pea-green with envy) as the fabulous first lady drafted us all into the service of our country's children to ensure their healthy future. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Among the roots, it mentions _Openauk_, which must have been what we call the pea-nut, which is now largely cultivated along that coast, and is quite an article of commerce. ❋ Various (N/A)

My sweet little pea is now 7 months old and very alive. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Any Aussie pie of your choice, covered in pea soup made by Madeleine the Crepe Lady (a little old French lady who makes crepes in the same Internet Cafe). ❋ Unknown (2006)

It can be jarring in pea soup to have a jolt of capsiacin heat. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I like them in pea soup – they are sweet, but more complexly flavored than carrots, which adds another level of flavor to the entire dish. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In 1965, fifty companies embarked, in pea soup secrecy, upon a historic search for gas under the North Sea. ❋ Unknown (1967)

Everybody exclaimed over this: "Surely there was no danger in pea-nuts!" ❋ Lucretia Peabody (1886)

We have to go back to the voters and convince them, ‘you still can’t sleep because the goddamn pea is killing you.’ ❋ Unknown (2006)

Also, some stores sell a small grey seed, a bit smaller than a pea, that is a brilliant yellow when broken open and can be used the same way since it doesn't seem to have any flavor that I can discern. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I was a student in New York in the 1950s, almost every boy had a similar “weapon” — they were called pea-shooters. ❋ Lorton Richard Kennedy (2011)

Mark writes this: Since I was in college at Yale, they gave me the intellectual job, working the machine that calculated the ripeness of the peas known as the pea tenderometer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

COWELL: When I was about 12, we got on to a bus and as a joke pointed these -- they were called pea-guns and they were sort of plastic guns that shot dry peas. ❋ Unknown (2005)

As far as the green pea being actually recognized as different from the Chick pea, that is also a relativly modern event, as the English worked on domesticating it between 1200 - 1700. ❋ Unknown (2002)

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