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# pea

noun (a pea, peas)

«pea» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pea is a small round green seed that grows in a pod and is eaten as a vegetable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#m1)
2. The pea plant is a climbing plant that grows these pods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, peas show seeds inside a pod (fruit); children grow pea plants and watch them climb with tendrils. In health lessons, peas are vegetables with fibre and protein. In stories: «The Princess and the Pea». Size word: «as small as a pea», «pea-sized hail». Safety: whole peas, nuts and small round foods can choke very young children. Phrases: «peas in a pod», «like two peas in a pod» (very alike), «mushy peas», «pea soup», «pea-green».

### Examples

- I don't like peas, but I eat them anyway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x1)
- We shelled the peas from their pods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x2)
- The princess felt the pea through twenty mattresses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x3)
- The twins are like two peas in a pod. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x4)
- We had fish, chips and mushy peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x5)
- Pea plants climb with curly tendrils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x6)
- The hailstones were the size of peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x7)
- Use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x8)
- \[190\] Chernushka, a sort of wild pea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a pea, peas». Homophone: «pee» (a childish word for wee/urine) and the letter «P» sound the same. «Chickpeas» are a different plant. A «pea-sized» amount is very small.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pea» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pea» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pea.html) on Mova free.