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Meaning of 'pea'
Meaning of 'pea' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Pea 
[ n.]
- The sliding weight on a steelyard. [ n.]- See Peak, n., 3.
- A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
- A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.
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