field pea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of field pea
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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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
Like many native Southerners today, I await field pea season with a mix of sentimentality and salivation.
From Washington Post
They are for the most part about the size and shape of an ordinary field pea, and, like the pea, are of a yellow color; some, however, are of a greenish tint.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various
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