pea butter

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Formed by analogy with peanut butter.

Noun[edit]

pea butter (countable and uncountable, plural pea butters)

  1. A culinary spread, a thick paste made from brown peas that is a substitute for peanut butter.

Etymology 2[edit]

pea +‎ butter Coined by Nathan Myhrvold

Noun[edit]

pea butter (countable and uncountable, plural pea butters)

  1. A pea extract that composes 5% of peas by weight, that is lighter than pea solids but heavier than pea liquids when pureed peas are centrifuged, which contains the majority of pea flavour compounds.