pea bean
noun Chiefly New England and New York State.
a variety of kidney bean having a small, white seed, used dried for food.
Origin of pea bean
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby pea bean
pe,
pe-tsai,
pe-tsai cabbage,
pea,
pea aphid,
pea bean,
pea coal,
pea crab,
pea green,
pea jacket,
pea rifle
Example sentences from the Web for pea bean
When ripe, it is remarkably farinaceous, of a delicate fleshy-white when properly cooked, and by many preferred to the Pea-bean.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America |Fearing BurrBy many, and perhaps by a majority, the Pea-bean is esteemed the best of all baking varieties.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America |Fearing Burr