black-eyed pea
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[edit]Noun
[edit]black-eyed pea (plural black-eyed peas)
- An African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata.
- Hypernym: cowpea
- The edible seed of these plants.
- (Southern US) Any pale bean with a black spot.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata): blackeye pea, black-eye pea (US, South); bachapin bean, black-eyed bean, black eyed cowpea, black eyed dolichos, common cowpea, cultivated African cowpea, cowgram, acre pea, cow pea, crowder bean, southern pea, crowder pea, marble pea, poona pea, kafir bean
- (any pale bean with a black spot): blackeye pea, black-eye pea
Translations
[edit]cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata or Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata
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cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant
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any pale bean with a black spot
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Further reading
[edit]- black-eyed pea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cowpea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Vigna unguiculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Vigna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “black-eyed pea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Vigna unguiculata ssp. dekindtiana at USDA Plants database
- Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata at Tropicos