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[pee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural peas, (Archaic or British Dialect) pease or peas·en; adjective
[pee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural peas, (Archaic or British Dialect) pease or peas·en; adjective –noun
–adjective
| 1. | the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family. |
| 2. | the plant itself. |
| 3. | the green, somewhat inflated pod of this plant. |
| 4. | any of various related or similar plants or their seed, as the chickpea. |
| 5. | something resembling a pea, esp. in being small and round. |
| 6. | pertaining to, growing, containing, or cooked with peas: We cultivated some tomato vines and a pea patch. |
| 7. | small or small and round (usually used in combination). |
| 8. | pea coal. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| pea
(pē) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Back-formation from Middle English pease (mistaken for pl.), from Old English pise, piose, from Late Latin pīsa, variant of Latin pīsum, from Greek pisos, pison.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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pea
17c., false singular from M.E. pease (pl. pesen), which was both single and collective (e.g. wheat, corn) but was mistaken for a plural, from O.E. pise (W.Saxon), piose (Mercian) "pea," from L.L. pisa, variant of L. pisum "pea," from Gk. pison, perhaps of Thracian or Phrygian origin. Pea soup is first recorded 1711 (pease-soup); applied to London fogs since at least 1849. In Breton, piz, lit. "peas," also means "stingy," perhaps as a semantic borrowing of Fr. chiche "stingy," lit. "small," which also happens to be a homonym of chiche "peas." The Fr. word for small ultimately may be from L. ciccum, the same root as the word for "peas."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| pea | |
noun | |
| 1. | seed of a pea plant used for food |
| 2. | the fruit or seed of a pea plant |
| 3. | a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds |
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Pea Ridge, AR (city, FIPS 54200) Location: 36.45052 N, 94.11590 W
Population (1990): 1620 (638 housing units)
Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72751
Pea Ridge, WV (CDP, FIPS 63488) Location: 38.41397 N, 82.31996 W
Population (1990): 6535 (2927 housing units)
Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Pea
Pea\, n. [OF. peis. See Poise.] The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]
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Pea
Pea\, n. (Naut.) See Peak, n., 3.
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Pea\, n.; pl. Peasor Pease. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. Pease.]1. (Bot.) 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 sph[ae]rospermus 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. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Pea weevil. Pea coal, a size of coal smaller than nut coal. Pea crab (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the American ground dove. Pea-flower tribe (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionace[ae]) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. --G. Bentham. Pea maggot (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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