snap pea
noun
: a cultivated pea that has edible usually round pods easily snapped like beans and that is classified with the snow pea as a variety (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon)
called also sugar snap pea
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Sugar snap peas are hybrids between the other two types and are harvested just after the peas inside the pods begin to swell.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Students learn to look forward to the moment when strawberries are at their sweetest, or the time in late spring when snap peas finally arrive at the table.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Feel free to load up the pan with sliced bell peppers, mushrooms, carrots, celery, asparagus and snap peas.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
On the Bloomfield South Farm, celery, beets, snap peas, cilantro, and dill are grown.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2025
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Students learn to look forward to the moment when strawberries are at their sweetest, or the time in late spring when snap peas finally arrive at the table.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Feel free to load up the pan with sliced bell peppers, mushrooms, carrots, celery, asparagus and snap peas.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
On the Bloomfield South Farm, celery, beets, snap peas, cilantro, and dill are grown.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snap pea
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“Snap pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snap%20pea. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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