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.

Common collocations

• pigeon pea Noun + noun

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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