Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pea
Pea
pea
n. 1 a a hardy climbing plant, Pisum sativum, with seeds growing in pods and used for food. b its seed. 2 any of several similar plants (sweet pea; chick-pea). Phrases and idioms pea-brain colloq. a stupid or dim-witted person. pea-green bright green. pea-souper Brit. colloq. a thick yellowish fog. Etymology: back-form. f. PEASE (taken as pl.: cf. CHERRY)
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noun (plural ~s; also ~se) Usage: often attributive Etymology: back-formation from Middle English ~se (taken as a plural), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, plural of pisum, from Greek pison Date: 1611 1. a variable annual Eurasian vine (Pisum sativum) of the legume family that is cultivated especially for its rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds, the seed of the ~, the immature pods of the ~ with their included seeds, any of various leguminous plants related to or resembling the ~, something resembling a ~ (as in size or shape) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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