pea butter

noun

A culinary spread, a thick paste made from brown peas that is a substitute for peanut butter.

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Meanings

pea butter1

nounpea butter (countable and uncountable, plural pea butters)

plural pea butters

  1. countableuncountableA culinary spread, a thick paste made from brown peas that is a substitute for peanut butter.

pea butter2

nounpea butter (countable and uncountable, plural pea butters)

plural pea butters

  1. countableuncountableA pea extract that composes 5% of peas by weight, that is lighter than pea solids but heavier than pea liquids when pureed peas are centrifuged, which contains the majority of pea flavour compounds.

Origin

pea butter · noun

Formed by analogy with peanut butter.

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pea butter · noun

From pea + butter. Coined by Nathan Myhrvold.

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APA

pea butter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pea%20butter

MLA

“pea butter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pea%20butter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pea butter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pea%20butter.

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