cowpea

1. (noun) sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
Synonyms: Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea plant
Related Words: legume, leguminous plant

2. (noun) fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
Synonyms: black-eyed pea
Related Words: legume

3. (noun) eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
Synonyms: black-eyed pea
Related Words: legume



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