Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The sliding weight on a steelyard.
- noun (Naut.) See
peak , n., 3. - noun (Bot.) 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 (Bot.) a seashore plant,
Lathyrus maritimus . - noun a West Indian name for
Dolichos sphærospermus and its seed. - noun the American plant
Clitoria Mariana , having showy blossoms. - noun See
Chick-pea . - noun Same as
Chick-pea . - noun See under
Everlasting . - noun See under
Glory , n. - noun any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.
- noun (Med.) See under
Issue , andOrris . - noun (Bot.) See under
Milk . - noun a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively.
- noun (Zoöl.) Same as
Pea weevil . - noun a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
- noun (Zoöl.) any small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species (
Pinnotheres pisum ) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle. - noun (Zoöl.) the American ground dove.
- noun (Bot.) a suborder (Papilionaceæ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea.
- noun (Zoöl.) the larva of a European moth (
Tortrix pisi ), which is very destructive to peas. - noun (Min.) argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
- noun the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
- noun (Bot.) the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.
- noun (Bot.) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States (
Lathyrus Americana , and other similar species). - noun (Zoöl.) a small weevil (
Bruchus pisi ) which destroys peas by eating out the interior. - noun (Bot.) See
Pigeon pea . - noun (Bot.) the annual plant
Lathyrus odoratus ; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A plant, member of the
legume (Fabaceae ) family - noun The edible seed of some of these plants
- noun baseball A ball travelling at high velocity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
- noun seed of a pea plant used for food
- noun the fruit or seed of a pea plant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
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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.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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My sweet little pea is now 7 months old and very alive.
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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).
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It can be jarring in pea soup to have a jolt of capsiacin heat.
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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.
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In 1965, fifty companies embarked, in pea soup secrecy, upon a historic search for gas under the North Sea.
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Everybody exclaimed over this: "Surely there was no danger in pea-nuts!"
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We have to go back to the voters and convince them, ‘you still can’t sleep because the goddamn pea is killing you.’
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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.
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