pisum sativum

Questions about pisum sativum

What does pisum sativum mean?

pisum sativum means "plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried".

What is another word for pisum sativum?

Close synonyms include garden pea, garden pea plant, common pea. 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 pisum sativum a common word?

pisum sativum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.