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# pea

«pea» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small round green seed that grows in a pod and is eaten…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pea, peas)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x1)
- We shelled the peas from their pods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x2)
- The princess felt the pea through twenty mattresses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x3)
- The twins are like two peas in a pod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x4)
- We had fish, chips and mushy peas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x5)
- Pea plants climb with curly tendrils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x6)
- The hailstones were the size of peas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x7)
- Use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/#x8)
- [190] Chernushka, a sort of wild pea. [tree →](https://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/16/)
- [Peanuts are seeds that grow in pods underground like peas and beans, and some people are badly allergic to them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/18/)
- [Real ducks are better off with peas and oats, and a swan just wants you to give it space.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/337-the-park-pond-through-the-year-ducks-coots-swans-dragonflies-and-ice/5/)
- [Open a pea pod and count: usually five to ten peas, each a seed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/348-nuts-beans-seeds-and-spices/2/)
- [Jake thought it was funny, until one evening his mum cried while holding the peas on his eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pea» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.