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Pea
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- 1 Initialism of Portuguese East Africa. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Initialism of Proto-Eastern Algonquian, the proto-language of the Eastern Algonquian languages. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
- 2 A ball travelling at high velocity.
- 3 a peafowl archaic, rare
- 4 Alternative form of peak. alt-of, alternative
- 5 Initialism of palmitoylethanolamide. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 seed of a pea plant used for food wordnet
- 7 Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.; A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family. especially
"Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;..."
- 8 Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game. US
- 9 Initialism of pulseless electrical activity. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 10 a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds wordnet
- 11 The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
- 12 Ellipsis of green pea galaxy. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 13 Initialism of preliminary ecological appraisal. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 14 the fruit or seed of a pea plant wordnet
- 15 The edible seed of various other pea plants.
- 16 Any of several varieties of bean.
"peas and rice"
- 17 Money. Multicultural-London-English, in-plural
"Man's making bare peas."
Etymology
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.
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