meaning of peal2

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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