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pea
(pē)n.
1. A member of the pea family.
2.
a. 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.
b. The pod of this plant: picked peas for dinner.
c. The seed of this plant, used as a vegetable.
d. A similar seed of various other plants, such as a cowpea.
3. Any of several plants of the genus Lathyrus, such as the sweet pea or the beach pea.
[Back-formation from Middle English pease (mistaken for pl.), from Old English pise, piose, from Late Latin pīsa, variant of Latin pīsum, from Greek pisos, pison.]
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pea
(piː)n
1. (Plants) an annual climbing leguminous plant, Pisum sativum, with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds: cultivated in temperate regions
2. (Plants)
a. the seed of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
b. (as modifier): pea soup.
3. (Plants) any of several other leguminous plants, such as the sweet pea, chickpea, and cowpea
[C17: from pease (incorrectly assumed to be a plural)]
ˈpeaˌlike adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pea
(pi)n., pl. peas,
adj. n.
1. the round edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
2. the plant itself.
3. the green, somewhat inflated pod of this plant.
4. any of various related or similar plants or their seed, as the chickpea.
5. something resembling a pea, esp. in being small and round.
adj. 6. pertaining to, containing, or cooked with peas.
7. small or small and round (usu. used in combination).
[1660–70; back formation from Middle English pese, pees a pea, taken as pl. < Old English peose, pise < Latin pisa, pl. of pisum < Greek pison pea]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
pea
- peanut - Takes its name from its resemblance to peas in a pod and has these synonyms: pinda, goober, groundnut, ground pea, earthnut, and monkey nut; "peanut" appeared in the early 19th century. It is not a nut but a legume (pea).
- pisiform - Shaped like a pea.
- pease - The early English singular for pea.
- peasecod - Another word for the pod of the pea.
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| Noun | 1. |  pea - seed of a pea plant used for food legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) green pea, garden pea - fresh pea marrowfat pea - a variety of large pea that is commonly processed and sold in cans field pea - coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender |
| 2. | pea - the fruit or seed of a pea plant legume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case pea plant, pea - a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds garden pea - the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant | |
| 3. |  pea - a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seedslegume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae genus Pisum, Pisum - small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas pea - the fruit or seed of a pea plant common pea, garden pea plant, Pisum sativum, garden pea - plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon - a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea Austrian winter pea, field-pea plant, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field pea - variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage |
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Translations
حَـبَّـة بازلاءنَبتَة البازلاء
hrách
ærtærteplante
hernes
herne
grašak
borsó
baun, ertagarîerta, baunagras
žirnis
zirnis
hrach
grah
ärta
bezelyebezelye bitkisi
pea
[piː]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pea
n → Erbse f; they are as like as two peas (in a pod) → sie gleichen sich (dat) → wie ein Ei dem anderen
pea
:peacock
peacock-blue
adj → pfauenblau
peacock butterfly
n (Zool) → Tagpfauenauge nt
pea green
n → Erbsengrün nt
pea-green
adj → erbsengrün
peahen
n → Pfauenhenne f
pea jacket
n (esp US) → Pijacke f
pea
:peashooter
n → Pusterohr nt
pea soup
n → Erbsensuppe f
peasouper
n → Waschküche (inf), → Suppe (inf) f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pea
(piː) noun1. the round seed of a kind of climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable. We had roast beef, potatoes and peas for dinner.
2. the plant which produces these seeds. We planted peas and beans this year.
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