Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun field_pea

3 senses of field pea

Sense 1
field pea -- (seed of the field pea plant)
       => 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)

Sense 2
field pea, field-pea plant, Austrian winter pea, Pisum sativum arvense, Pisum arvense -- (variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage)
       => pea, pea plant -- (a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds)

Sense 3
field pea -- (coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender)
       => pea -- (seed of a pea plant used for food)