cowpea
cowpea · cowpeas
Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed peaAny of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea.
More definitions
- sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
- fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
- eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
Examples
1 sentencesSuch fields should be seeded to soy beans or cowpeas when a leguminous crop is desired for soil improvement or other purposes.
Origin
From cow + pea.From cow + pea.
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Forms
plural: cowpeasSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure:cowpea plantblack-eyed peaVigna unguiculataVigna sinensis
- fruit or seed of the cowpea plant:black-eyed pea
- eaten fresh as shell beans or dried:black-eyed pea
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedlong-podded cowpea