pea

Pronunciation: /piː/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun seed of a pea plant used for food
  2. noun the fruit or seed of a pea plant
  3. noun a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

Etymology

Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
legume
Narrower (hyponyms)
green pea, field pea, cajan pea, marrowfat pea

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