Definition of "pea"

pea¹

/piː/

noun
plural peas
1. A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
  Quotations
  Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...
  1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 277
2. Any plant of the family Fabaceae.
3. (cooking) The edible seed of Pisum sativum; the green pea.
4. (cooking) The edible seed of various other pea plants.
5. (Jamaica) Any of several varieties of bean.
6. (MLE, in the plural) Money.
  Quotations
  Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.
  2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda)

pea²

/piː/

noun
plural peas
1. (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity.
2. (US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
3. (astronomy) Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.

pea³

/piː/

noun
plural peas
1. (rare, archaic) a peafowl

pea⁴

/piː/

noun
plural peas
1. (nautical) Alternative form of peak