pea
n. countablen. a small, round green seed that grows inside a pod. You eat them as a vegetable, often with other foods.
n. the small, round, green seed of the Pisum sativum plant, typically eaten as a vegetable. Commonly used in the plural form.
I like peas in my soup.
She added frozen peas to the pasta sauce for extra color and nutrition.
The garden yielded a bountiful harvest of crisp, sweet peas that the family preserved in jars for the winter months.
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor. Latin pisum Late Latin pisader. Old English pise Middle English pese English peasebf. English pea 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).
From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.
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.