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In the shadow of the Leaning Tower of Piza sits the storyteller of the town, eating a plate of pea soup. After that he tells some children the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. - Unter dem schiefen Turm von Pisa sitzt ein Märchenerzähler und isst einen Teller Erbsensuppe. Dann erzählt er den Kindern das Märchen „Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse“.

I don't like peas. They always fall off the knife. - Erbsen mag ich nicht. Die fallen mir immer vom Messer.

The edible seed of some of these plants

A plant, member of the Legume (Fabaceae) family

{n} a kind of pulse of numerous kinds for the table

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

It has a papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume, popularly called a pod

Peas are round green seeds which grow in long thin cases and are eaten as a vegetable. Any of several species, comprising hundreds of varieties, of herbaceous annual plants belonging to the family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae, also known as the pea family; see legume), grown virtually worldwide for their edible seeds. Pisum sativum is the common garden pea of the Western world, which Gregor Mendel used for his pioneering studies of heredity. While their origins have not been definitely determined, it is known that peas are one of the oldest cultivated crops. Some varieties, called sugar peas, snow peas, or mange-touts, have edible pods and are popular in East Asian cuisines. See also sweet pea. black eyed pea rosary pea sweet pea

A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of many varieties, much cultivated for food

seed of a pea plant a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds the fruit or seed of a pea plant

(Pisum satium) Round, highly nutritious seeds of leguminous plants Johnson had several varieties: Dutch Admiral Pea: A late pea An early dictionary stated "Lay these and Kidney Beans in different layers of salt, in their pods, and close together to preserve " [Miller] Everlasting Pea: (Lathyrus grandiflorus): A vinelike perennial herb of Southern Europe having showy fragrant rose-purple flowers on a long stalk and pods about three inches long Described in early dictionaries as "not a good pea for drying; almost indestructible; Skipwith flowering plant Sweet Pea: Lathyrus odorata) An annual climbing plant having sweet scented flowers Recorded by Washington, Joseph Chew, Lady Skipwith; and Sir William Johnson West Indies Pea

A ball travelling at high velocity

The sliding weight on a steelyard

See Peak, n

A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the seed of several leguminous plants species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc

seed of a pea plant

A ball traveling at high speed, either batted or thrown

those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed

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Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen)