field pea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of field pea
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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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
Hummus for $18 sounds ridiculous until you spy a bowl of lemony mashed rice peas — an heirloom field pea — and enough chilled vegetables to throw a block party.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 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
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 Juliet Corson
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