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Pisum

noun

small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas

• Syn: ↑genus Pisum

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑pea, ↑pea plant, ↑garden pea, ↑garden pea plant, ↑common pea, ↑Pisum sativum

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\\ˈpīsəm, -īzəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, pea — more at pea

: a small genus of Eurasian herbaceous vines (family Leguminosae) distinguished from Lathyrus by the enlarged summit of the style — see pea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.