Etymology

mangetout

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Today it means: A vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) eaten when immature. Full definition →

French mangetout
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  1. French · borrowed frommangetout
  2. English todaymangetout

Borrowed from French mangetout, from mange (“eat”) + tout (“all”), since even the pod is edible.

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