field pea
noun
a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum arvense, grown for forage and silage.
Origin of field pea
First recorded in 1700–10
Words nearby field pea
Example sentences from the Web for field pea
The pea of our kitchen gardens is more delicate than the field-pea, and suffers from frost and drought.
Origin of Cultivated Plants |Alphonse De CandolleIt is little cultivated in gardens at the North, though sometimes grown as a field-pea in the Canadas.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America |Fearing Burr