| 单词 | pea-shell cockle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspea-shell cockle pea shell n. (a) = pea pod n.; (b) (also pea-shell cockle) = pea mussel n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > pea-pod, pea-shell, or pea seed peascodc1390 pease-hulla1425 pippina1450 squash1600 pea-hull1717 pea-cod1721 pea shell1744 pea pod1772 shaup1822 1744 Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 772 The Pod ff is, in Appearance, composed of a fine whitish Membrane, somewhat like that which lines the Inside of a Pea-shell. 1891 Cent. Mag. Mar. 733/2 Chad's long brown fingers fumbled among the green pea-shells, which he heaped up on one side of the pan. 1945 E. Step & A. L. Wells Shell Life (new ed.) vii. 109 The five species of Pea-shells (Pisidium) may be recognised as such at a glance by their possession of one siphon instead of two. 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) xi. 253 Pea-shell cockles. 1997 Rocky Mountain News (Nexis) 6 Apr. f13 Split the snow pea shells in half along the seams. < as lemmas |
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