field pea

American  

noun

1. a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum arvense, grown for forage and silage.

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Etymology

Origin of field pea

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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field pea

I made my big batch with the latter, and froze it for my own future lunches, but when those run out I’ll switch to another field pea the next time I make it.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2022

Legumes, such as commonly used crimson clover, Austrian field pea and common vetch, are nitrogen “fixers.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

Bill says farmers like the yellow field pea because, like other legumes, it transfers nitrogen from the air into the soil, making it more fertile.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2019

Like many native Southerners today, I await field pea season with a mix of sentimentality and salivation.

From Washington Post

They are a variety of vetch or field pea, little flat, dried peas, that grow very abundantly; in fact, if they are once planted in a field it is almost impossible to root them out.

From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Corson, Juliet