snow pea

noun

A group of pea (Pisum sativum) cultivars, with flat and edible pods.

Meanings

nounsnow pea (plural snow peas)

plural snow peas

  1. A group of pea (Pisum sativum) cultivars, with flat and edible pods.

    Synonyms: mangetout, sugar pea

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA group of pea (Pisum sativum) cultivars, with flat and edible pods.

More synonyms by meaning

nounvariety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods

Similar
Broader
edible-pod peaedible-podded peaPisum sativum macrocarpon

noungreen peas with flat edible pods

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan tirabec
  • tirabeccultivar of pea
Chinese Cantonese 荷蘭豆 /荷兰豆, 雪豆
  • 荷蘭豆 /荷兰豆cultivar of pea
  • 雪豆cultivar of pea
Chinese Mandarin 荷蘭豆 /荷兰豆
  • 荷蘭豆 /荷兰豆 (hélándòu)cultivar of pea
Dutch peul, peultje
  • peulcultivar of pea
  • peultjecultivar of pea
Finnish sokeriherne
  • sokerihernecultivar of pea
French mangetout
  • mangetoutcultivar of pea
German Kefe, Zuckerschote
  • Kefecultivar of pea
  • Zuckerschotecultivar of pea
Indonesian kacang kapri
  • kacang kapricultivar of pea
Japanese 莢豌豆, サヤエンドウ
  • 莢豌豆 (sayaendou)cultivar of pea
  • サヤエンドウ (sayaendou)cultivar of pea
Polish groch cukrowy
  • groch cukrowycultivar of pea
Portuguese ervilha de quebrar, ervilha torta
  • ervilha de quebrarcultivar of pea
  • ervilha tortacultivar of pea
Russian сне́жный горо́х, сне́жный горо́шек
  • сне́жный горо́х (snéžnyj goróx)cultivar of pea
  • сне́жный горо́шек (snéžnyj goróšek)cultivar of pea
Spanish tirabeque
  • tirabequecultivar of pea
Thai ถั่วลันเตา, ลันเตา
  • ถั่วลันเตาcultivar of pea
  • ลันเตาcultivar of pea
Turkish şeker bezelye
  • şeker bezelyecultivar of pea
Cite this entry
APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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