Pea

The sliding weight on a steelyard.

See Peak, n., 3.

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.

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.

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

the fruit or seed of a pea plant