noun
1. variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods
• Syn: ↑snap pea
• Hypernyms: ↑edible-pod pea, ↑edible-podded pea, ↑Pisum sativum macrocarpon
2. green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat
• Hypernyms: ↑green pea, ↑garden pea
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sugar snap pea or sugar snap noun
A variety of pea cultivated by crossing a mangetout with another pea
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Main Entry: ↑sugar
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noun, pl ⋯ peas [count]
: a type of pea whose thick outer part and seeds can be eaten — called also snap pea
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See also: ↑sugar snap pea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.