pea¹ /pē/

1. The nutritious seed of the papilionaceous climbing plants Pisum sativum (garden pea) and Pisum arvense (field pea)
2. The plant itself (also peaˈ-plant)
3. Extended to various similar seeds and plants (esp of the genus Lathyrus) and to various rounded objects, eg roe of salmon and some other fish, very small pieces of coal or small rounded stones

peaˈberry noun

A small round coffee seed, growing singly

peaˈ-brain noun (informal)

A person of little intelligence

peaˈ-brained adjective

Foolish

peacod see under pease¹

peaˈ-crab noun

A little round crab (genus Pinnotheres) that lives symbiotically in lamellibranch shells

pea gravel noun

peaˈ-green (or /-grēnˈ/) noun and adjective

1. Yellowish green, like the colour of soup made from split peas
2. Bright-green like fresh peas

peaˈ-iron noun

Limonite in little round nodules

peaˈpod noun

The seed case of a pea

peaˈ-riˈfle noun

A rifle throwing a very small bullet

peasˈcod see peasecod under pease¹

pea shingle noun

• it's a small world
• it says
• it says that
• it's early days
• it seems
• itself
• it's his call
• it's my funeral
• it stands to reason
• itsy-bitsy
• it's your call
• it's your funeral
• ITT
• itty-bitty
• ITU
• iTunes
• ITV
• it would seem
• -ity
• i.u.
• IU
• IUCD
• IUCN
• IUD
• -ium