noun ·see peak, ·noun, 3.
2. pea ·noun the sliding weight on a steelyard.
3. pea ·noun a plant, and its fruit, of the genus pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food. it has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod.
4. pea ·noun a name given, especially in the southern states, to the seed of several leguminous plants (species of dolichos, cicer, abrus, ·etc.) ·esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.