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pea.

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

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noun/piː/

  1. 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.

    especially

  3. 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.

    Multicultural-London-English · in-plural
    Man's making bare peas.
Where this word comes from

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/piː/

  1. A ball travelling at high velocity.

  2. Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.

    US

  3. Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

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

noun/piː/

  1. a peafowl

    archaic · rare
Where this word comes from

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/piː/

  1. Alternative form of peak.

    alt-of · alternative
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