About The Word Cowpea
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Cowpea
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What's The Definition Of Cowpea?
[n] eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
[n] sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure [n] fruit or seed of the cowpea plant Synonyms | Synonyms for Cowpea: black-eyed pea | black-eyed pea | cowpea plant | Vigna sinensis | Vigna unguiculata Related Terms | Find terms related to Cowpea: See Also | cowpea | cowpea | cowpea plant | genus Vigna | legume | legume | leguminous plant | Vigna | Vigna sinensis | Vigna unguiculata Cowpea In Webster's Dictionary \Cow"pea`\ (-p[=e]`), n.
The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus
{Dolichos}; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are
cultivated in the southern part of the United States.
\Cow"pea`\, n. (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Vigna Sinensis}, syn. {V. Catjang}) found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man. |
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