field pea
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field′ pea`
n.
a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum arvense, grown for forage and silage.
[1700–10]
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| Noun | 1. |  field pea - seed of the field pea plant legume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case Austrian winter pea, field-pea plant, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field pea - variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage |
| 2. |  field pea - variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for foragefield pea - coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender pea plant, pea - a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds field pea - seed of the field pea plant | |
| 3. | field pea - coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender pea - seed of a pea plant used for food Austrian winter pea, field-pea plant, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense, field pea - variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage |
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