Library / English Dictionary

FIELD PEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("field pea" is a kind of...):

pea (seed of a pea plant used for food)

Holonyms ("field pea" is a part of...):

Austrian winter pea; field-pea plant; field pea; Pisum arvense; Pisum sativum arvense (variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage

Synonyms:

Austrian winter pea; field-pea plant; field pea; Pisum arvense; Pisum sativum arvense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("field pea" is a kind of...):

pea; pea plant (a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds)

Meronyms (parts of "field pea"):

field pea (coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender)

field pea (seed of the field pea plant)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Seed of the field pea plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("field pea" is a kind of...):

legume (the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case)

Holonyms ("field pea" is a part of...):

Austrian winter pea; field-pea plant; field pea; Pisum arvense; Pisum sativum arvense (variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage)

Credits