sweet pea
noun
1
: a widely cultivated Italian legume (Lathyrus odoratus) having slender usually climbing stems, ovate leaves, and large fragrant flowers
2
: the flower of a sweet pea
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On a recent sunny spring Friday, Garden Club students gathered at lunchtime in the garden to pick bouquets of sweet peas, plant corn seeds, pop popcorn and harvest bunches of carrots to make fresh carrot juice, blended up with apple, cucumber and with a bit of sugar for sweetness.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
These include pineapples, sweet corn (both fresh and frozen), avocados, papaya, onions, frozen sweet peas, asparagus, cabbage, watermelon, cauliflower, bananas, mangos, carrots, mushrooms and kiwis.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 13 June 2025
The sweet pea bed is almost always overflowing, no matter how many blooms the kids pick, in pretty pinks and purples.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Annuals to plant: bachelor buttons, begonias, calendula, celosia, cosmos, larkspur, marigold, nasturtium, pansies, petunias, primrose, snapdragons, statice, stock, sunflowers, sweet pea and zinnias
A healthy plant that suddenly wilts and dies may be a victim of verticillium or fusarium wilt.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
These include pineapples, sweet corn (both fresh and frozen), avocados, papaya, onions, frozen sweet peas, asparagus, cabbage, watermelon, cauliflower, bananas, mangos, carrots, mushrooms and kiwis.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 13 June 2025
The sweet pea bed is almost always overflowing, no matter how many blooms the kids pick, in pretty pinks and purples.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Annuals to plant: bachelor buttons, begonias, calendula, celosia, cosmos, larkspur, marigold, nasturtium, pansies, petunias, primrose, snapdragons, statice, stock, sunflowers, sweet pea and zinnias
A healthy plant that suddenly wilts and dies may be a victim of verticillium or fusarium wilt.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Sweet pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20pea. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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