English

hoarypea

From hoary + pea.

A compound of hoary + pea

Middle English hory ‘Dirty, foul, horry’

English hoary

Ancient Greek πίσον ‘pea, pease, seed of the plant Pisum sativum’

Latin pisa

Old English pise

Middle English pese ‘a pea’

English pea

Today it means

noun Any of various plants of the genus Tephrosia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hoarypea