pea
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pea /piː/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1 DFFa round green seed that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or the plant on which these seeds grow 豌豆（粒） roast chicken with peas and carrots 烤鸡配豌豆胡萝卜 →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable12. like two peas in a pod informalSAME exactly the same in appearance, behaviour etc 〔容貌、行为等〕一模一样的
Examples from the Corpus
pea• pea soup• Use one eighth of a walnut - about the size of a pea.• In a saute pan, heat oil and saute ham with drained peas for 3 to 5 minutes.• Divide black-eyed pea mixture between 2 serving plates.• At Lowestoft a Birds Eye freezing factory processes fish, peas and beans.• frozen peas• She gave Denver a half peck of peas to sort and soak overnight.• Heat very briefly so that the snow peas just turn bright green.• There does indeed seem to be little advantage in damaging the coat of modern varieties of sweet peas.• Plant the peas, zigzag fashion, 2in apart.Origin pea (1600-1700) pease “pea” ((11-19 centuries)) (mistaken as plural), from Latin pisa, plural of pisum, from Greek pisonpea nounChinese
as round cooked and a seed Corpus is that eaten green
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pea
pea /piː/
noun [countable]
roast chicken with peas and carrots
2. like two peas in a pod informal exactly the same in appearance, behaviour etc
pea /piː/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: pease 'pea' (11-19 centuries) (mistaken as plural), from Latin pisa, plural of pisum, from Greek pison
1. a round green seed that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or the plant on which these seeds grow:Origin: pease 'pea' (11-19 centuries) (mistaken as plural), from Latin pisa, plural of pisum, from Greek pison
2. like two peas in a pod informal exactly the same in appearance, behaviour etc
