heath-pea
(ˈhiːθpiː)
Also 8 -pease.
A tuberous-rooted leguminous plant, Lathyrus macrorrhizus (Orobus tuberosus), called also carmele. Also heath-peaseling.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Heath-pease, or Wood-pease, a kind of wild Pease. 1755 Johnson, Heath-peas, a species of bitter Vetch. 1800 Garnett Tour Scotl. I. 337 The Orobus tuberosus, or heath-peasling. 1808 Med. Jrnl. XIX. 77 Heath peaseling..The roots, when boiled, are savoury and nutritious. 1863 Prior Plant-n., Heath-pea. |