Definition of "pea" in English

noun

1. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.

2. (cooking) The edible seed of Pisum sativum.

3. (cooking) The edible seed of various other pea plants.

4. Any of several varieties of bean.

   • peas and rice
   • Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.

5. (MLE, in the plural) Money.

   • Man's making bare peas.

noun

1. (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity.

2. (US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.

3. (astronomy) Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.

noun

1. (rare, archaic) a peafowl

noun

1. (nautical) Alternative form of peak.