pea
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pea/piː/
▶noun
- 1 a spherical green seed eaten as a vegetable.
- 2 the hardy climbing leguminous plant which yields pods containing peas. [Pisum sativum.]
- 3 used in names of similar or related plants or seeds, e.g. chick pea.
– derivatives
pea-like adjective.
pea-like adjective.
'pea' also found in these Oxford entries:
black-eyed bean
- emulsion
- garden pea
- gorse
- groundnut
- Judas tree
- keel
- lablab
- leguminous
- lucky bean
- lupin
- mangetout
- marrowfat pea
- mattar
- medick
- melilot
- pea-brain
- pea coat
- peacock
- pea green
- pea jacket
- pease
- pea-shooter
- pea-souper
- pigeon pea
- pilot jacket
- pineal gland
- pisiform
- pituitary
- pod
- redbud
- red sandalwood
- runcible spoon
- sensitive plant
- snap pea
- snow pea
- sola
- soya
- split pea
- sugar snap
- sweet pea
- tamarind
- thimblerig
- vexillum
- yam bean
