2 the hardy Eurasian climbing plant that yields pods containing these seeds. • Pisum sativum, family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae; the pea family). The members of this family (known as legumes) are sometimes divided among three smaller families: Papilionaceae (peas, beans, clovers, vetches, brooms, laburnums, etc.), Mimosaceae (mimosas, acacias), and Caesalpiniaceae (cassia, carob, and many tropical timber trees).
pease |pez| plural noun archaic peas. ORIGIN Old English pise [pea,] (plural) pisan, via Latin from Greek pison. Compare with pea .