marrowfat
a large-seeded variety of pea.
the seed itself.
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How to use marrowfat in a sentence
An onion and a few marrowfat peas rolled out, and the little girl, kneeling beside him, eyed him sternly.
The Biography of a Prairie Girl | Eleanor GatesOn fairly warm soils the first opportunity should be taken to sow one of the early dwarf marrowfat varieties in the open ground.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition | Sutton and SonsThe cause of my quarrel with marrowfat I never breathed to mortal soul for four years.
The Book of Snobs | William Makepeace ThackerayI trembled as I saw marrowfat helped, and turned away sickening, lest I should behold the weapon darting down his horrid jaws.
The Book of Snobs | William Makepeace ThackerayThe largest Epeirid he ever saw taking flight was the size of a marrowfat pea, say one-fourth of an inch long.
Spiders | Cecil Warburton
British Dictionary definitions for marrow fat
marrow pea
/ (ˈmærəʊˌfæt) /
any of several varieties of pea plant that have large seeds
the seed of such a plant
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