sugar snap pea

noun

: snap pea

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Perfect for a spring or summer weeknight dinner, the sugar snap peas, English peas, and asparagus will provide a welcoming boost of color to your plate. —

Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024 With its two included ice packs alone, the cooler kept bottles of rosé chilled, sausage frozen, and sugar snap peas as crisp as the minute they were purchased from the farmers market. —

Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024 With crunchy sugar snap peas and lots of tender herbs folded into this pickled shrimp salad, every bite is bursting with flavor. —

Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 30 June 2024 Memorial Day barbecue hosts can personalize the slaw with radishes, cucumbers, sugar snap peas or bell peppers, according to Lapine. —

Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for sugar snap pea

Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sugar snap pea was in 1979

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“Sugar snap pea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sugar%20snap%20pea. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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