peavinen.
/ˈpiːvʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈpiˌvaɪn/ North American.
(a) Chiefly regional. Any of several North American plants of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae), mostly of a climbing or twining habit, including the American vetch, Vicia americana, the hog peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, and various lupins (genus Lupinus) and vetchlings (genus Lathyrus); esp. (U.S. regional (southern)) the black-eyed pea, Vigna sinensis, used for fodder and silage. Also (rare): either of two plants of the family Convolvulaceae, the hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium, and the wild potato vine, Ipomoea pandurata (b) The climbing stem and foliage of the cultivated pea, Pisum sativum; a pea plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > cultivated vetch
vetchc1400
tare1482
chickling1548
peavine1675
pebble-vetch1677
chickling pea1731
mattar1884
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > pea-plant
peaseeOE
peavine1675
pea1699
1675 J. Fenwick in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1882) 6 89 You have Grass as high as a Man's Knees..interlac'd with Pea-Vines, and other Weeds that Cattel much delight in.
1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 25 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) The last frost killed the..pea-vines [printed pea-nines], sun-flowers, [etc.].
1805 J. Sibley in Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) II. App. 1107 The banks of the river are covered with pea vine and several sorts of grass.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xxxiii. 17 The high grass is filled with wild pea-vines.
1879 Bot. Gaz. 4 126 Raspberries are attacked by the American raspberry rust, Uredo luminata; pea vines, by the pea mildew, Erysiphe Martii.
1897 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 10 51 Convolvulus sepium, L.,..pea vine... Ipomœa pandurata, Mey.,..pea vine.
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. June 364/1 A little beetle has climbed up the pea-vine and laid its eggs in the pod.
1924 M. H. Mason Arctic Forests 7 The forest is made more lovely by a plant known as ‘fireweed’ or ‘peavine’..which grows thickly in big patches, bearing very beautiful red flowers.
1979 G. MacEwen Pat Burns, Cattle King (1981) iv. 32 If you boys don't think you have to be on the river bank, then take a good look at land lying over there... It grows the best grass and peavine you ever saw.
1993 T. Coffey Hist. & Folklore N. Amer. Wildflowers 121/2 Hog-Peanut. Amphicarpea bracteata... Goober (South), Peavine, Wild Bean-Vine, Wild-Peanut.
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peavine hay n. hay made from the climbing stem and foliage of the cultivated pea, Pisum sativum, or the black-eyed pea, Vigna sinensis.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > hay or straw
hayc825
strawc1000
pease-strawa1325
bean-strawc1386
hard meat1481
quitch?1523
meadow1557
pease-bolt1573
salt hay1648
stover1669
barley-straw1678
marsh hay1728
pea straw1735
chaff1772
long forage1794
bog-hay1799
bhusa1829
peavine hay1846
tibbin1900
slough hay1934
1846 V. Aimé Plantation Diary (1878) 111 Peavine hay is excellent this year, the vine being still green and juicy.
1932 W. Kelley Inchin' Along 55 Everybody knows there is nothing a mule likes better than pea-vine hay with the peas left on.
2000 Daily News (New Plymouth) 3 Aug. 13 The springing ewes are eating 4.5-5kg/dm/day—a mix of grass, peavine hay and haylage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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