COMMON PEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried

Synonyms:

common pea; garden pea; garden pea plant; Pisum sativum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common pea" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "common pea"):

garden pea (the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant)

Holonyms ("common pea" is a member of...):

genus Pisum; Pisum (small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas)