noun. A member of the pea family.

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noun. 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.

noun. The pod of this plant.

noun. The seed of this plant, used as a vegetable.

noun. A similar seed of various other plants, such as a cowpea.

noun. Any of several plants of the genus Lathyrus, such as the sweet pea or the beach pea.

noun. In the manufacture of sulphuric acid, the workman's name for a fragment of iron pyrites, from an eighth to a half inch in diameter.

noun. The balance or sliding weight used on a steelyard.

noun. In the West Indies, Dolichos sphærospermus. Both of the plants bear white beans having a black spot around the hilum.

noun. A peafowl.

noun. The seed of an annual hardy; leguminous vine, Pisum sativum; also, the vine itself.

noun. Pea-spawn of a fish. See spawn.

noun. plural Canned peas prepared in France, reputed to be superior to those canned in other countries.

noun. Heisteria coccinea (French pois perdrix). See Heisteria.

noun. See peak, n., 3.

noun. The sliding weight on a steelyard.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.

noun. a West Indian name for Dolichos sphærospermus and its seed.

noun. the American plant Clitoria Mariana, having showy blossoms.

noun. See Chick-pea.

noun. Same as Chick-pea.

noun. See under Everlasting.

noun. See under Glory, n.

noun. any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.

noun. See under Issue, and Orris.

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noun. See under Milk.

noun. a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used adjectively.

noun. Same as Pea weevil.

noun. a size of coal smaller than nut coal.

noun. 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.

noun. the American ground dove.

noun. a suborder (Papilionaceæ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea.

noun. the larva of a European moth (Tortrix pisi), which is very destructive to peas.

noun. argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.

noun. the starch or flour of the common pea, which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.

noun. the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.

noun. A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States (Lathyrus Americana, and other similar species).

noun. a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which destroys peas by eating out the interior.

noun. See Pigeon pea.

noun. the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus; also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.

noun. A plant, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family

noun. The edible seed of some of these plants

noun. A ball travelling at high velocity

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

noun. seed of a pea plant used for food

noun. the fruit or seed of a pea plant

"How exciting to be invited to come to the White House, see 'the garden' (new meaning to the term pea-green with envy) as the fabulous first lady drafted us all into the service of our country's children to ensure their healthy future."

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