garden pea

/ˌgɑrdn pi/

Other forms: garden peas; garden pease

Definitions of garden pea

1. noun

   plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
   synonyms: Pisum sativum, common pea, garden pea plant

   type of:

   pea, pea plant

   a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
2. noun

   the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant
   type of:

   pea

   the fruit or seed of a pea plant
3. noun

   fresh pea
   synonyms: green pea

   types:

   snow pea, sugar pea

   green peas with flat edible pods

   sugar snap pea

   green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat

   split-pea

   dried hulled pea; used in soup

   type of:

   pea

   seed of a pea plant used for food