FIELD PEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field pea mean? 

• FIELD PEA (noun)
  The noun FIELD PEA has 3 senses:

1. seed of the field pea plant

2. variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage

3. coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender

  Familiarity information: FIELD PEA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIELD PEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seed of the field pea plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("field pea" is a kind of...):

legume (the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case)

Holonyms ("field pea" is a part of...):

Austrian winter pea; field-pea plant; field pea; Pisum arvense; Pisum sativum arvense (variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Austrian winter pea; field-pea plant; field pea; Pisum arvense; Pisum sativum arvense

Hypernyms ("field pea" is a kind of...):

pea; pea plant (a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds)

Meronyms (parts of "field pea"):

field pea (coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender)

field pea (seed of the field pea plant)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("field pea" is a kind of...):

pea (seed of a pea plant used for food)

Holonyms ("field pea" is a part of...):

Austrian winter pea; field-pea plant; field pea; Pisum arvense; Pisum sativum arvense (variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage)

 Context examples 

Earlier studies by Harvard University researcher Sam Myers and colleagues showed that wheat, maize, rice, field peas and soybeans grown under high carbon dioxide conditions all had lower levels of protein and minerals.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)