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pease

  [peez]
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–noun, plural pease or peas⋅en [pee-zuhn] . Archaic.
1. a pea.
2. British. Dialect. a pl. of pea 1 .
Origin:
bef. 900; ME pese, OE peose, pise < LL pisa fem. sing. use of pl. of L pisum (neut.) < Gk píson pea, pulse

Related forms:
peaselike, adjective
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pease 
O.E., see pea, of which this is the etymologically correct form.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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