peas

UK/piːz/US/piːz/

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Peas are small round green vegetables that grow in pods. Frozen peas, a bag of peas, peas and carrots.

Frozen ones are usually sweeter than fresh, because the sugar turns to starch within hours of picking and freezing at the field stops it. Mendel worked out the laws of inheritance by breeding them. Like two peas in a pod means identical.

Definitions of peas

1nounpeasSmall round green seeds eaten as a vegetable.A2+
“The children ate their chicken and potatoes but left all their peas.”

peas is a vegetable.

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peas in the wild

All the peas are green when freshly shelled and brown or buff when dried.
Black-eyed pea
Hoppin' John, also known as Carolina peas and rice, is a rice and beans dish of legendary origins associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States.
Hoppin' John
Pea soup or split pea soup is soup made typically from dried peas, such as the split pea.
Pea soup
Stew peas is a Jamaican stew made with beans, salted meat, coconut milk, herbs and spices.
Stew peas
With the main ingredients being legumes (beans/peas) and meats, stew peas is a good source of protein.
Stew peas

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