pea butter

English

Etymology 1

Formed by analogy with peanut butter.

Noun

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

From pea +‎ butter. Coined by Nathan Myhrvold.

Noun

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.
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