Definition of Pisum sativum

1. Noun. Plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried.

Exact synonyms: Common Pea, Garden Pea, Garden Pea Plant
Group relationships: Genus Pisum, Pisum
Generic synonyms: Pea, Pea Plant
Terms within: Garden Pea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pisum Sativum

Piscis Australis
Piscis Austrinus
Pisgah
Pisidia
Pisistratus
Pisonia
Pisonia aculeata
Pistacia terebinthus
Pistacia vera
Pistia stratiotes
Pistia stratoites
Pistoia
Pisum
Pisum arvense
Pisum sativum (current term)
Pisum sativum arvense
Pisum sativum macrocarpon
Pita Pita
Pitcairn
Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairner
Pitcairners
Pitcairnese
Pite Sami
Pitha-Pitha
Pithecanthropus
Pithecanthropus erectus
Pithecellobium

Literary usage of Pisum sativum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"In contrast with the various kinds of beans, peas never cause digestive disturbances. PEA (Pisum sativum) 530. Botany and history of the pea. ..."

2. Practical Physiology of Plants by Francis Darwin, Edward Hamilton Acton (1901)
"(4) Compare the diastatic power of the leaves of Pisum sativum and Trifolium pratense ... Pisum sativum ..."

3. Practical Physiology of Plants by Francis Darwin, Edward Hamilton Acton (1909)
"(4) Compare the diastatic power of the leaves of Pisum sativum and Trifolium pratense. Experiments on Invertase and ..."

4. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"... of amputating the tips obliquely—Effects of cauterising the tips—Effects of grease on the tips—Pisum sativum, tips of radicles cauterised transversely, ..."

5. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"Pisum sativum saccha- dens of the south of Spam, where it is { ' known by ... Lathyrus latifolius ; also Pisum sativum , shape, very different to that of ..."

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