field pea

1. 1.

   seed of the field pea plant

   Broaderlegume

   Part offield pea
2. 2.

   variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage

   Synonymsfield-pea plantAustrian winter peaPisum sativum arvensePisum arvense

   Broaderpea

   Partsfield pea
3. 3.

   coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender

   Broaderpea

   Part offield pea

Questions about field pea

What does field pea mean?

field pea means "seed of the field pea plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for field pea?

Close synonyms include field-pea plant, Austrian winter pea, Pisum sativum arvense, Pisum arvense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is field pea a common word?

field pea is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.