meaning of pea
1. The sliding weight on a steelyard.
2. See Peak, n. , 3.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. seed of a pea plant
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