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cow·pea
(kou′pē′)n.
1. An annual African plant (Vigna unguiculata) in the pea family, widely cultivated in warm regions for food, forage, and soil improvement.
2. An edible seed of this plant. In both senses also called black-eyed pea.
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cowpea
(ˈkaʊˌpiː)n
1. (Plants) a leguminous tropical climbing plant, Vigna sinensis, producing long pods containing edible pealike seeds: grown for animal fodder and sometimes as human food
2. (Plants) Also called: black-eyed pea the seed of this plant
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cow•pea
(ˈkaʊˌpi)n.
1. a forage plant, Vignaunguiculata, of the legume family, extensively cultivated in the southern U.S.
2. the seed of this plant, used for food.
Also called black-eyed pea. [1810–20, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. | cowpea - fruit or seed of the cowpea plant legume - the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea - sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure |
| 2. |  cowpea - sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manureblack-eyed pea, cowpea - eaten fresh as shell beans or dried legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae genus Vigna, Vigna - genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus black-eyed pea, cowpea - fruit or seed of the cowpea plant | |
| 3. |  cowpea - eaten fresh as shell beans or driedlegume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, black-eyed pea, cowpea - sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure |
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