peas

peas · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Small, round green seeds that grow in pods and are eaten as a vegetable.

  2. 2.

    The plants that produce these seeds.

  3. 3.

    (Idiom) Like two peas in a pod: very similar or identical.

Related words

See also: legume, pea, vegetable
Synonyms: legumes

Etymology

From Greek pison meaning "pea," through Latin pisum and Old French peis.