snap pea

noun

: a cultivated pea that has edible usually round pods easily snapped like beans and that is classified with the snow pea as a variety (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon)

called also sugar snap pea

Examples of snap pea in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Snow or snap peas contain less protein (at 5.23 grams per cup). —

Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 11 Oct. 2024 Step 4 Return the clean skillet to medium heat, add the miso mixture and the snap peas, and cook until the peas are bright green and still crunchy, about 2 minutes. —

Alex Testere, Saveur, 24 July 2024 Plucked right from the vine, snap peas are practically luminescent, plump and crunchy and sweet, and still warm from the sun. —

Alex Testere, Saveur, 24 July 2024 Pitiful are the collards without the ham hock, the peppers without the sausage, the snap peas without the shrimp. —

Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for snap pea

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