marrowfat

noun

marrowfat

noun

Etymology From marrow + fat.

1

A large variety of pea that is often processed and sold in tins/cans.

Peas are scarce; good marrowfats are in better demand.1842, Charles Mason Hovey, Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries, page 319:

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