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Preferred term

Pisum sativum  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Pea
  • Peas
  • Pisum

Scope note

  • A variable annual leguminous vine that is cultivated for its rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds, the seed of the pea, and the immature pods with their included seeds. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1973)

History note

  • 1995; was see LEGUMES 1978-1994; use PEAS 1995-2023

In other languages

  • herne

    Finnish

  • Pisum sativum
  • tarhaherne
  • Ärt

    Swedish

  • Ärtor

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018532

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