sugar pea

/ˌʃʊgər pi/
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Other forms: sugar peas; sugar pease

Definitions of sugar pea
  1. noun
    variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods
    synonyms: snow pea
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    type of:
    Pisum sativum macrocarpon, edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea
    a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea
  2. noun
    green peas with flat edible pods
    synonyms: snow pea
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    type of:
    garden pea, green pea
    fresh pea
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