Meaning

noun seed of a pea plant used for food

noun the fruit or seed of a pea plant

noun a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

originEtymology 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).

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