snap pea
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Tweet n. 1. A variety of the common pea (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon), having a sweet plump pod that lacks the fibrous inner lining of the common pea. 2. The edible pod of this plant. In both senses also called sugar pea, sugar snap pea. [From the snapping sound made when the pod is broken.] |
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