Definition of Pisum arvense

1. Noun. Variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pisum Arvense

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

Literary usage of Pisum arvense

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

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The field pea (Pisum arvense L.) is grown both as a forage plant and for the production of mature seeds; the garden pea (P. sativum L.) only as a vegetable. ..."

2. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"In Pharbitis, Pisum arvense and Vicia Faba the removal of the main root and ... Faba and Pisum sativum var. arvense, but did not do so in Pisum arvense. ..."

3. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"It is customary to distinguish agriculturally between the garden pea (Pisum hortense) and the field or Canada pea (Pisum arvense), but whatever ..."

4. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"The home of the Pisum arvense is not positively known. It is found without cultivation in Italy. The P. sativum is not known at present to be wild anywhere, ..."

5. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The field pea (Pisum arvense L.) is grown both as a forage plant and for the production of mature seeds; the garden pea (P. sativum L.) only as a vegetable. ..."

6. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"In Pharbitis, Pisum arvense and Vicia Faba the removal of the main root and ... Faba and Pisum sativum var. arvense, but did not do so in Pisum arvense. ..."

7. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"It is customary to distinguish agriculturally between the garden pea (Pisum hortense) and the field or Canada pea (Pisum arvense), but whatever ..."

8. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"The home of the Pisum arvense is not positively known. It is found without cultivation in Italy. The P. sativum is not known at present to be wild anywhere, ..."

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