ˈpea-pod
[f. pea1 + pod.]
1. The pod or legume of the pea-plant, which contains the peas. (Earlier name pease-cod.)
| 1882 Ogilvie, Pea-pod, the pod or pericarp of the pea. 1884 Browning Ferishtah, Two Camels 7 Horse, ass, and mule consume their provender Nor leave a pea-pod. |
2. Local name of ‘a {oqq}double-ended{cqq} rowboat used by the lobster-fishermen of the coast of Maine’ (Cent. Dict. 1890).
3. attrib. pea-pod argus, collector's name for the butterfly Lampides bætica.
| 1898 Daily News 22 Aug. 6/3 The pea-pod argus..is so very scarce in this country that its title to rank as a British butterfly at all is doubtful. 1900 Ibid. 6 Mar. 8/7 Monotonous shades of an unpleasant pea-pod tint. |