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Definition of Meadow pea
1. Noun. Scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage.
Group relationships: Genus Lathyrus, Lathyrus
Generic synonyms: Wild Pea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meadow Pea
Literary usage of Meadow pea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"meadow-pea (med'ö-рё), n. A perennial leguminous plant, Lathyrus pratensis, of
Europe and Asia, available as a pasture-herb for sheep. meadow-parsnip ..."
2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"These seeds, like those of the meadow pea, contain an alkaloid which makes them
most unwholesome food for animals if eaten uncooked, causing a disease ..."
3. The School World (1901)
"Meadow poa, meadow fescue, crested dogstail, rye grass, meadow foxtail and
Yorkshire fox intermixed with meadow pea, black medick, sneezewort, ..."
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