Cowpea - Definition
cowpea
n 1: fruit or seed of the cowpea plant [syn: cowpea, black-
eyed pea]
2: sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern
United States for food and forage and green manure [syn:
cowpea, cowpea plant, black-eyed pea, Vigna
unguiculata, Vigna sinensis]
3: eaten fresh as shell beans or dried [syn: black-eyed pea,
cowpea]