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Pea

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Noun

1. pea

seed of a pea plant used for food

2. pea

the fruit or seed of a pea plant

3. pea, pea plant

a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

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Pea

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noun
1. 
an annual climbing leguminous plant, Pisum sativum, with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds: cultivated in temperate regions
2. 
a. 
the seed of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
b. 
(as modifier)
pea soup
3. 
any of several other leguminous plants, such as the sweet pea, chickpea, and cowpea

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Pea

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nounWord forms: plural peas
1. 
an annual, tendril-climbing plant (Pisum sativum) of the pea family, with white or pinkish flowers and green seedpods
2. 
its small, round, smooth or wrinkled seed, used as a vegetable
3. 
a. 
any of various similar plants, as the cowpea
b. 
the seed of any of these
adjective
4. 
designating a family (Fabaceae, order Fabales), of leguminous, dicotyledonous plants, including peanuts, clover, vetch, alfalfa and many beans

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Pea

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n.
1. A member of the pea family.
2.
a. A widely cultivated climbing annual vine (Pisum sativum) native to Eurasia, having compound leaves with terminal leaflets modified into tendrils and globose, edible seeds enclosed in a green, elongated pod.
b. The pod of this plant: picked peas for dinner.
c. The seed of this plant, used as a vegetable.
d. A similar seed of various other plants, such as a cowpea.
3. Any of several plants of the genus Lathyrus, such as the sweet pea or the beach pea.

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