Definition

1. Noun:
   • A sugar snap pea is a type of pea plant (Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon) that produces plump, crisp, and sweet edible pods containing developed peas. Unlike other pea varieties, both the pod and the peas inside are eaten.

Usage

• Sugar snap pea is a countable noun. The plural form is sugar snap peas.
• It refers specifically to the vegetable itself, either the whole pod or the plant that produces it.

Examples

• Noun:
  • For a healthy snack, I like to eat raw sugar snap peas with hummus.
  • The recipe calls for a cup of fresh sugar snap peas, sliced diagonally.
  • We are growing sugar snap peas in our garden this year.

Advanced Usage

• The term distinguishes this variety from other types, such as snow peas (which have flat, edible pods) and garden peas or English peas (where only the peas inside the inedible pod are eaten).

Variants and Related Words

• Snap pea: A common shortened form of "sugar snap pea."
• Mangetout (British English): A general term for edible-podded peas, which can include both sugar snap peas and snow peas.

Synonyms

• Edible-pod pea
• Snap pea

Related Phrases

• Sugar snap pea plant: Refers specifically to the plant that produces the vegetable.
  • The sugar snap pea plants need a trellis to climb.

Noun

1. green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat
2. variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods