pea
noun /piː/
/piː/
- enlarge imagea small round green seed, eaten as a vegetable. Several peas grow together inside a long thin pod on a climbing plant also called a pea.
- frozen peas
- pea soup
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- canned
- dried
- fresh
- …
- eat
- have
- shell
- …
- soup
- pod
- shoot
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: back-formation from pease (interpreted as plural).