tirabec

• estirabec

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to pull”) +‎ bec (“beak”), a reference to the elongated shape of the pods.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌti.ɾəˈβek]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌti.ɾəˈbek]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌti.ɾaˈbek]

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tirabec m (plural tirabecs)

1. snow pea, snap pea

• Spanish: tirabeque

• “tirabec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007