chickpea | (n) Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds, Syn. Egyptian pea, Cicer arietinum, chickpea plant |
cowpea | (n) sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure, Syn. Vigna unguiculata, cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, black-eyed pea |
field pea | (n) variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage, Syn. Austrian winter pea, field-pea plant, Pisum arvense, Pisum sativum arvense |
garden pea | (n) plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried, Syn. Pisum sativum, common pea, garden pea plant |
pea | (n) a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds, Syn. pea plant |
pigeon pea | (n) tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics, Syn. pigeon-pea plant, Cajanus cajan, cajan pea, dhal, red gram, catjang pea, dahl |