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- pea 1a
plural peas also pease
ˈpēz 
often attributive
1
a
: a variable annual Eurasian vine (Lathyrus oleraceus) of the legume family that is cultivated especially for its rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds
b
: the seed of the pea
c
peas also pease plural
: the immature pods of the pea with their included seeds
2
: any of various leguminous plants related to or resembling the pea
—usually used in combination or with a qualifying term
chickpea
black-eyed pea
also
: the seed of such a plant
3
: something resembling a pea (as in size or shape)
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We're growing tomatoes and peas in our garden this year.
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Audibly crisp sugar snap peas, snow peas, English peas.
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Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
Guests at the dinner received the first part of their meal — a spring pea & burrata salad — but the prime chateaubriand steak and Maine lobster was not served.
—Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The approximately 2,000 attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner had barely dug into their spring pea and burrata salad when a series of apparent gunshots rang out on the other side of the doors to the ballroom at the Washington Hilton.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
All of that was on plenty of minds as the audience started on spring pea and burrata salad and waiters prepared to serve a main course starring prime chateaubriand and Maine lobster.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
Guests at the dinner received the first part of their meal — a spring pea & burrata salad — but the prime chateaubriand steak and Maine lobster was not served.
—Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The approximately 2,000 attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner had barely dug into their spring pea and burrata salad when a series of apparent gunshots rang out on the other side of the doors to the ballroom at the Washington Hilton.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
All of that was on plenty of minds as the audience started on spring pea and burrata salad and waiters prepared to serve a main course starring prime chateaubriand and Maine lobster.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pea. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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