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Pea : (noun)
1: seed of a pea plant
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
[syn: pea plant]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pea : \Pea\, n. [OF. peis. See Poise.]
The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pea : \Pea\, n. (Naut.)
See Peak, n., 3.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pea : \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]">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">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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Peak \Peak\, n. [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf.
Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. Pike.]
1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates
in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. ``Run your
beard into a peak.'' --Beau. & Fl.
2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or
range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or
mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.
Silent upon a peak in Darien. --Keats.
3. (Naut.)
(a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; --
used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards,
peak-brails, etc.
(b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within
it.
(c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the
last sense written also pea and pee.]
Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pea : Pocket Ethernet Adapter (LAN, ethernet)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Pea |
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