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pea
1[ pee ]
noun
- the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- the plant itself.
- the green, somewhat inflated pod of this plant.
- any of various related or similar plants or their seed, as the chickpea.
- something resembling a pea, especially in being small and round.
adjective
- pertaining to, growing, containing, or cooked with peas:
We cultivated some tomato vines and a pea patch.
- small or small and round (usually used in combination).
pea
2[ pee ]
noun
pea
/ piː /
noun
- an annual climbing leguminous plant, Pisum sativum, with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds: cultivated in temperate regions
- the seed of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
- ( as modifier )
pea soup
- any of several other leguminous plants, such as the sweet pea, chickpea, and cowpea
Derived Forms
- ˈpeaˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- pealike adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pea1
Idioms and Phrases
see like as two peas in a pod .Example Sentences
Musk's four-year-old, "Lil X", hung on the corner of the Resolute desk in the Oval Office on Wednesday sporting a tan pea coat and a collared shirt.
The tantalum within your device weighs less than half of the average garden pea but is essential for the efficient functioning of a smartphone, and almost all other sophisticated electronic devices.
Rihanna’s presence in court wasn’t confirmed until a little after 10 a.m., when she was spotted by reporters sitting among Mayers’ family dressed in a black pea coat and sporting glasses.
I thought I heard a helicopter flying low but thought in that pea soup a copter could not be flying so put it out of mind.
They survived on bread, nuts, peas, beans and some very expensive vegetables.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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