pea

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small round green seed eaten as a vegetable.

   She served the chicken with rice and peas.

2. 2
   noun

   The climbing plant that produces peas in long green pods.

   We planted peas along the garden fence in spring.

From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.

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