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black-eyed pea

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English

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black-eyed pea beans

Noun

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black-eyed pea (plural black-eyed peas)

  1. An African leguminous plant, of the species Vigna unguiculata, widely cultivated as food and forage, specifically Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata.
    Synonyms: blackeye pea, black-eye pea, bachapin bean, black-eyed bean, black eyed cowpea, black eyed dolichos, common cowpea, cultivated African cowpea, cowgram, acre pea, crowder bean, southern pea, crowder pea, marble pea, poona pea, kafir bean
    Hypernyms: cow pea, field pea < (broad senses) pea; bean
  2. The edible seed of these plants.
    Synonyms: blackeye pea, black-eye pea
    Hypernyms: cowpea, field pea < (broad senses) pea; bean
  3. (Southern US) Any pale bean with a black spot.
    Synonyms: blackeye pea, black-eye pea
    Hypernyms: field pea < (broad senses) pea; bean

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