Snow pea

Snow pea
SpeciesPisum sativum
Cultivar groupMacrocarpon Group
Cultivar group membersMany; see text.

The snow pea is an edible-pod pea with flat pods and thin pod walls, in contrast to snap pea pods, which are round with thick walls. It is eaten whole, with both the seeds and the pod, while still unripened.

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