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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) eaten when immature. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

snow peasnow peasugar peasugar pea

Etymology

Borrowed from French mangetout, from mange (“eat”) + tout (“all”), since even the pod is edible.

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