snap pea

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   variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods

   Synonymssugar snap pea

   Broaderedible-pod pea

Questions about snap pea

What does snap pea mean?

snap pea means "variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods".

What is another word for snap pea?

Close synonyms include sugar snap 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 snap pea a common word?

snap pea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.