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Definition of Pisum sativum
1. Noun. Plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried.
Group relationships: Genus Pisum, Pisum
Generic synonyms: Pea, Pea Plant
Terms within: Garden Pea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pisum Sativum
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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