DictionaryRoot: pease

Middle English

pease

pea; peas collectively

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A close-up of an opened fresh pea pod with round green peas nestled inside and a few loose peas in front, emphasizing one clearly separated edible seed.

noun

pea

PEE/piː/

A small round edible seed or the plant that produces it.

Etymology

peaMiddle Englishpea; peas collectively

Pease could name one seed or the crop collectively. Speakers reinterpreted it as a plural and created pea as a new singular.

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