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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Pea

/(pē)/ · IPA /piː/
01 n. The sliding weight on a steelyard.
  1. 1.
    The sliding weight on a steelyard.
02 n. See Peak, n., 3.
  1. 1.
    See Peak, n., 3.(Naut.) See: Peak
03 n. A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp …
pl. Peas, Pease ((pēz))
  1. 1.
    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.)
  2. 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.
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.