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The

peais most commonly the small spherical

seedor the seed-pod of the pod

fruit

Pisum sativum.

[1]Each pod contains several peas. Peapods are botanically a

fruit,

[2]since they contain seeds developed from the ovary of a (pea) flower. However, peas are considered to be a

vegetablein cooking. The name is also used to describe other edible seeds from the

Fabaceaesuch as the

pigeon pea(

Cajanus cajan), the

cowpea(

Vigna unguiculata), and the seeds from several species of

Lathyrus.

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