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Definition of Common pea
1. Noun. Plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried.
Exact synonyms: Garden Pea, Garden Pea Plant, Pisum Sativum
Group relationships: Genus Pisum, Pisum
Generic synonyms: Pea, Pea Plant
Terms within: Garden Pea
Group relationships: Genus Pisum, Pisum
Generic synonyms: Pea, Pea Plant
Terms within: Garden Pea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Pea
Literary usage of Common pea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"Among the species are, the common pea, pisum sativum; the sea pea, ... The varieties
of the common pea are numerous, and differ widely among themselves from ..."
2. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin (1876)
"the common pea ... and more especially by the survival during at least half a
century of the same varieties of the common pea and sweet-pea. ..."
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