PEA

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]

2.
n.

See Peak, n., 3.

3.
n.

A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.

4.
n.

A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.


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