pea

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Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.

noun

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Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
2
Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others. A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...
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The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
4
The edible seed of various other pea plants.
5
Any of several varieties of bean.
peas and rice
Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.
6
Money.
Man's making bare peas.
Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor. Latin pisum Late Latin pisader. Old English pise Middle English pese English peasebf. English pea Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

noun

1
A ball travelling at high velocity.
2
Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
3
Variant of green pea galaxyEllipsis of green pea galaxy.

Etymology

From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.

noun

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archaica peafowl

Etymology

From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.

noun

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Variant of peakAlternative form of peak.

Forms

plural: peas, pease

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