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1. (n.) pea
the round edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
2. pea
the plant itself.
3. pea
the green, somewhat inflated pod of this plant.
4. pea
any of various related or similar plants or their seed, as the chickpea.
5. pea
something resembling a pea, esp. in being small and round.
6. (adj.) pea
pertaining to, containing, or cooked with peas.
7. pea
small or small and round (usu. used in combination).
Etymology: (1660–70; back formation from ME pese, pees a pea, taken as pl. < OE peose, pise < L pisa, pl. of pisum < Gk pison pea)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pea
seed of a pea plant used for food
2. (noun) pea
the fruit or seed of a pea plant
3. (noun) pea, pea plant
a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
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1. (noun) pea
a very small round green vegetable
frozen peas
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pea
the sliding weight on a steelyard
2. (noun) pea
see Peak, n., 3
3. (noun) pea
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
4. (noun) pea
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
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Sense: the round seed of a kind of climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable
We had roast beef, potatoes and peas for dinner.
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 Afrikaans: ertjie |
 Arabic: حَـبَّـة بازلاء |
 Bulgarian: грахово зърно |
 Brazilian: ervilha |
 Czech: hrách |
 German: die Erbse |
 Danish: ært |
 Greek: μπιζέλι |
 Spanish: guisante |
 Estonian: hernes |
 Farsi: نخود |
 Finnish: herne |
 French: (petit) pois |
 Hebrew: אֲפוּנָה |
 Hindi: मटर |
 Croatian: zrno graška |
 Hungarian: borsó |
 Indonesian: kacang polong |
 Icelandic: baun, erta |
 Italian: pisello |
 Japanese: えんどう豆 |
 Korean: 완두콩 |
 Lithuanian: žirnis |
 Latvian: zirnis |
 Malay: kacang pis |
 Dutch: erwt |
 Norwegian: ert |
 Polish: groszek, ziarnko grochu |
 Persian: نخود |
 Pashto: چڼې، نخود، پلى |
 Portuguese: ervilha |
 Romanian: mazăre |
 Russian: горох, горошек |
 Slovak: hrach |
 Slovenian: grah |
 Serbian: grašak |
 Swedish: ärta |
 Thai: ถั่ว |
 Turkish: bezelye |
 Taiwanese: 豌豆 |
 Ukrainian: горошина; горох |
 Urdu: مٹر |
 Vietnamese: đậu Hà Lan |
 Chinese: 豌豆 |
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