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PEAS
Noun
peas
plural of pea
Anagrams
• EAPs, EPAs, Paes, SEPA, apes, apse, pase, spae
Proper noun
Peas
plural of Pea
Anagrams
• EAPs, EPAs, Paes, SEPA, apes, apse, pase, spae
Noun
PEAs
plural of PEA
Anagrams
• EAPs, EPAs, Paes, SEPA, apes, apse, pase, spae
Source: Wiktionary
PEA
Pea, n. Etym: [OF. peis. See Poise.]
Definition: The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]
Pea, n. (Naut.)
Definition: See Peak, n., 3.
Pea, n.; pl. Peas or Pease. Etym: [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. Pease.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of, the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the form peas being used in both senses.
2. 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.
Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea. See the Phrases, below. Beach pea (Bot.), a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.
– Black-eyed pea, a West Indian name for Dolichos sphƦrospermus and its seed.
– Butterfly pea, the American plant Clitoria Mariana, having showy blossoms.
– Chick pea. See Chick-pea.
– Egyptian pea. Same as Chick-pea.
– Everlasting pea. See under Everlasting.
– Glory pea. See under Glory, n.
– Hoary pea, any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.
– Issue pea, Orris pea. (Med.) See under Issue, and Orris.
– Milk pea. (Bot.) See under Milk.
– Pea berry, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
– Pea bug. (Zoƶl.) Same as Pea weevil.
– Pea coal, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
– Pea crab (Zoƶl.), any small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species (P. pisum) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle.
– Pea dove (Zoƶl.), the American ground dove.
– Pea-flower tribe (Bot.), a suborder (PapilionaceƦ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. G. Bentham.
– Pea maggot (Zoƶl.), the larva of a European moth (Tortrix pisi), which is very destructive to peas.
– Pea ore (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
– Pea starch, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
– Pea tree (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.
– Pea vine. (Bot.) (a) Any plant which bears peas. (b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States (Lathyrus Americana, and other similar species).
– Pea weevil (Zoƶl.), a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which destroys peas by eating out the interior.
– Pigeon pea. (Bot.) See Pigeon pea.
– Sweet pea (Bot.), the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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