pea 音标拼音: [p'i]
n . 豌豆
a . 大小如豌豆的
豌豆大小如豌豆的
pea n 1 :
seed of a pea plant used for food 2 :
the fruit or seed of a pea plant 3 :
a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds [
synonym : {
pea }, {
pea plant }]
Pea \
Pea \ (
p [=
e ]),
n . [
OF .
peis .
See {
Poise }.]
The sliding weight on a steelyard . [
Written also {
pee }.]
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Pea \
Pea \,
n . (
Naut .)
See {
Peak },
n .,
3 .
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Pea \
Pea \,
n .;
pl . {
Peas } (
p [=
e ]
z )
or {
Pease } (
p [=
e ]
z ). [
OE .
pese ,
fr .
AS .
pisa ,
or OF .
peis ,
F .
pois ;
both fr .
L .
pisum ;
cf .
Gr .
pi `
sos ,
pi `
son .
The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending .
Cf . {
Pease }.]
1 . (
Bot .)
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 .
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Note :
When a definite number ,
more than one ,
is spoken of ,
the plural form peas is used ;
as ,
the pod contained nine peas ;
but ,
in a collective sense ,
the form pease is preferred ;
as ,
a bushel of pease ;
they had pease at dinner .
This distinction is not always preserved ,
the form peas being used in both senses .
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2 .
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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Note :
The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or less closely related to the common pea .
See the Phrases ,
below .
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{
Beach pea } (
Bot .),
a seashore plant , {
Lathyrus maritimus }.
{
Black -
eyed pea },
a West Indian name for {
Dolichos sph [
ae ]
rospermus }
and its seed .
{
Butterfly pea },
the American plant {
Clitoria Mariana },
having showy blossoms .
{
Chick pea }.
See {
Chick -
pea }.
{
Egyptian pea }.
Same as {
Chick -
pea }.
{
Everlasting pea }.
See under {
Everlasting }.
{
Glory pea }.
See under {
Glory },
n .
{
Hoary pea },
any plant of the genus {
Tephrosia };
goat '
s rue .
{
Issue pea }, {
Orris pea }. (
Med .)
See under {
Issue },
and {
Orris }.
{
Milk pea }. (
Bot .)
See under {
Milk }.
{
Pea berry },
a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows single ,
and is round or pea -
shaped ;
often used adjectively ;
as ,
pea -
berry coffee .
{
Pea bug }. (
Zool .)
Same as {
Pea weevil }.
{
Pea coal },
a size of coal smaller than nut coal .
{
Pea crab } (
Zool .),
any small crab of the genus {
Pinnotheres },
living as a commensal in bivalves ;
esp .,
the European species ({
Pinnotheres pisum })
which lives in the common mussel and the cockle .
{
Pea dove } (
Zool .),
the American ground dove .
{
Pea -
flower tribe } (
Bot .),
a suborder ({
Papilionace [
ae ]})
of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea . --
G .
Bentham .
{
Pea maggot } (
Zool .),
the larva of a European moth ({
Tortrix pisi }),
which is very destructive to peas .
{
Pea ore } (
Min .),
argillaceous oxide of iron ,
occurring in round grains of a size of a pea ;
pisolitic ore .
{
Pea starch },
the starch or flour of the common pea ,
which is sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour ,
pepper ,
etc .
{
Pea tree } (
Bot .),
the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus {
Caragana },
natives of Siberia and China .
{
Pea vine }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
Any plant which bears peas .
(
b )
A kind of vetch or tare ,
common in the United States ({
Lathyrus Americana },
and other similar species ).
{
Pea weevil } (
Zool .),
a small weevil ({
Bruchus pisi })
which destroys peas by eating out the interior .
{
Pigeon pea }. (
Bot .)
See {
Pigeon pea }.
{
Sweet pea } (
Bot .),
the annual plant {
Lathyrus odoratus };
also ,
its many -
colored ,
sweet -
scented blossoms .
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Peak \
Peak \ (
p [=
e ]
k ),
n . [
OE .
pek ,
AS .
peac ,
perh of Celtic origin ;
cf .
Ir .
peac a sharp -
pointed thing .
Cf . {
Pike }.]
1 .
A point ;
the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point ;
as ,
the peak ,
or front ,
of a cap . "
Run your beard into a peak ." --
Beau . &
Fl .
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2 .
The top ,
or one of the tops ,
of a hill ,
mountain ,
or range ,
ending in a point ;
often ,
the whole hill or mountain ,
esp .
when isolated ;
as ,
the Peak of Teneriffe .
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Silent upon a peak in Darien . --
Keats .
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3 . (
Naut .)
(
a )
The upper aftermost corner of a fore -
and -
aft sail ; --
used in many combinations ;
as ,
peak -
halyards ,
peak -
brails ,
etc .
(
b )
The narrow part of a vessel '
s bow ,
or the hold within it .
(
c )
The extremity of an anchor fluke ;
the bill . [
In the last sense written also {
pea }
and {
pee }.]
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{
Fore peak }. (
Naut .)
See under {
Fore }.
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pea ":
algae ,
autophyte ,
bean ,
bracken ,
brown algae ,
climber ,
conferva ,
confervoid ,
creeper ,
diatom ,
fern ,
fruits and vegetables ,
fucus ,
fungus ,
grapevine ,
green algae ,
gulfweed ,
herb ,
heterophyte ,
ivy ,
kelp ,
legume ,
lentil ,
liana ,
lichen ,
liverwort ,
mold ,
moss ,
mushroom ,
parasite ,
parasitic plant ,
perthophyte ,
phytoplankton ,
planktonic algae ,
plant families ,
puffball ,
pulse ,
red algae ,
rockweed ,
rust ,
saprophyte ,
sargasso ,
sargassum ,
sea lentil ,
sea moss ,
sea wrack ,
seaweed ,
smut ,
succulent ,
toadstool ,
vetch ,
vine ,
wort ,
wrack
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