field pea

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noun

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

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Nearby words

field of honour, field of quotients, field of view, field of vision, field officer, field pea, field penny-cress, field post office, field ration, field spaniel, field sparrow

Origin of field pea

First recorded in 1700–10

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for field pea

The pea of our kitchen gardens is more delicate than the field-pea, and suffers from frost and drought.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
It is little cultivated in gardens at the North, though sometimes grown as a field-pea in the Canadas.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America|Fearing Burr