sugar snap pea

noun

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Goin starts with gold and makes it into something more precious: say, as just one example, a salad of delicate, impossibly sweet lettuces paired with slices of firm, ripe avocado, moons of blood orange, new sugar snap peas and a light, fragrant, perfectly balanced basil-buttermilk dressing. Sam Sifton, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Snap off the stem end of sugar snap peas and pull the string. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025 The sugar snap pea salad is not mandatory, but its crunch and springtime freshness — thanks to ribbons of mint, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and shavings of ricotta salata cheese — make an ideal foil to rich meat. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025 Include other vegetables and legumes, such as carrots, sugar snap peas or edamame. Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sugar snap pea

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First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sugar snap pea was in 1979

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“Sugar snap pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sugar%20snap%20pea. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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