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Meaning Of Pea
n.
The sliding weight on a steelyard.
n.
See Peak, n., 3.
n.
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.
n.
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.