Pea /(pē)/
Pea
n.
- The sliding weight on a steelyard.
Pea
n.
- See Peak, n., 3. (Naut.)
Pea
n.
pl. Peas, Pease ((pēz))
- 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. (Bot.)
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Beach pea
- a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.
- Black-eyed pea
- a West Indian name for Dolichos sphærospermus 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
- See under Issue, and Orris.
- Milk pea
- 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
- Same as Pea weevil.
- Pea coal
- a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
- Pea crab
- any small crab of the genus Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp., the European species (Pinnotheres pisum) which lives in the common mussel and the cockle.
- Pea dove
- the American ground dove.
- Pea-flower tribe
- a suborder (Papilionaceæ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea.
- Pea maggot
- the larva of a European moth (Tortrix pisi), which is very destructive to peas.
- Pea ore
- 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
- the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.
- Pea vine
- Any plant which bears peas
- Pea weevil
- a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which destroys peas by eating out the interior.
- Pigeon pea
- See Pigeon pea.
- Sweet pea
- the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.