pea

noun

1. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
2. (especially)Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.

   “Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...”

3. The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
4. The edible seed of various other pea plants.
5. Any of several varieties of bean.

   “peas and rice”

   “Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.”

6. (Multicultural-London-English, in-plural)Money.

   “Man's making bare peas.”

   “Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.”

7. A ball travelling at high velocity.
8. (US)Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.
10. (archaic, rare)a peafowl
11. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of peak.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of palmitoylethanolamide.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of pulseless electrical activity.
14. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of preliminary ecological appraisal.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of Portuguese East Africa.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Proto-Eastern Algonquian, the proto-language of the Eastern Algonquian languages.
3. A surname.