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pea
(redirected from pea vine ensilage)

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pea  (p)
n.
1. A member of the pea family.
2. A Eurasian climbing annual vine (Pisum sativum) cultivated in all temperate zones, having compound leaves with terminal leaflets modified into tendrils and globose, edible seeds enclosed in a green, elongated pod.
3. The seed of this plant, used as a vegetable.
4. also peas The unopened pods of this plant.
5. 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 psa, variant of Latin psum, from Greek pisos, pison.]
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pea
garden peas
Pisum sativum

pea
Noun
1. an annual climbing plant with green pods containing green seeds
2. the seed of this plant, eaten as a vegetable [from pease (incorrectly assumed to be a plural)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.peapea - 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
cajan pea, dahl, pigeon pea - small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
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
pea pod, peasecod - husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas
3.peapea - a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
legume, 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
Translations

pea [piː] nguisante m; chícharo (LAM); arveja (LAM)
pea [piː] n(petit) pois
pea [piː] nErbse f
pea [piː] npisello

pea
n pea [piː]
1 the round seed of a kind of climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable We had roast beef, potatoes and peas for dinner. ertjie حَـبَّـة بازلاء грахово зърно hrách ært die Erbse μπιζέλι guisante hernes نخود herne (petit) pois אֲפוּנָה मटर zrno graška borsó kacang polong baun, erta pisello えんどう豆 완두콩 žirnis zirnis kacang pis erwt ert groszek, ziarnko grochu ervilha ma­zăre горох, горошек hrach grah grašak ärta ถั่ว bezelye 豌豆 горошина; горох مٹر đậu Hà Lan
2 the plant which produces these seeds We planted peas and beans this year. ertjie نَبتَة البازلاء грах hrách ærteplante die Erbse μπιζελιά guisante hernes نخود herne pois אֲפוּנָה मटर का पौधा mahuna borsó tanaman kacang polong garðerta, baunagras pisello えんどう 완두 žirnis zirnis pokok kacang pis erwt (hage)ert groch ervilha mazăre горох hrach grah grašak ärt[] พืชตะกูลถั่ว bezelye bitkisi 豌豆屬植物 горох مٹر کا پودا cây đậu Hà Lan


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