sea pea
sea pea noun: a variety of pea ( Lathyrus japonicus) found on beaches.
Noun
sea pea (plural sea peas)
- A variety of pea ( Lathyrus japonicus) found on beaches.
- In a time of great scarcity, the people about our coast found the sea pea in great plenty, and fed upon it.1758, Thomas Hale, A Compleat Body of Husbandry, page 389
- Growing between sea and land, so that it might almost be doubted in which element it is denizen, the Sea Pea, Lathyrus maritimus, turns up, very local, at various places on our southern and eastern coasts, and is known elsewhere throughout the British Isles only from a few stations in Wales and...1963, Anthony Gishford, Tribute to Benjamin Britten on His Fiftieth Birthday, page 145
- Synonyms:
- beach pea
Synonyms of sea pea
Forms of sea pea
| plural | sea peas |
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Questions about sea pea
- What does sea pea mean?
- Sea pea means a variety of pea ( Lathyrus japonicus) found on beaches.
- What part of speech is sea pea?
- Sea pea is a noun.
- What is the plural of sea pea?
- The plural of sea pea is sea peas.
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